Jabrosky
Banned
Newbie writers sometimes receive the advice that they should work on short stories first before graduating to novels. I understand the logic behind this and agree with it to an extent, but has anyone here experienced a situation when your story expands into a vaster scope than you initially anticipated?
This has happened to the project I've been working on for the past couple of weeks. It sparked from a simple premise (namely, a woman saves her boyfriend from a monster), but as I mulled over its plot and started writing, it swelled into a much larger project that would incorporate themes of tyranny, nationalism, and imperialism in addition to the intended monster-fighting action. Right now I don't expect it to be novel-length, but it may cover more than the short story I originally had in mind.
Not that I'm complaining. It's more work than I expected, but then I need to develop a work ethic anyway.
This has happened to the project I've been working on for the past couple of weeks. It sparked from a simple premise (namely, a woman saves her boyfriend from a monster), but as I mulled over its plot and started writing, it swelled into a much larger project that would incorporate themes of tyranny, nationalism, and imperialism in addition to the intended monster-fighting action. Right now I don't expect it to be novel-length, but it may cover more than the short story I originally had in mind.
Not that I'm complaining. It's more work than I expected, but then I need to develop a work ethic anyway.