Novel’s at 39,412 words.
Decided to brainstorm my way out of being lost. I took the climax I’m working toward, and mapped out short, medium, and long ways to get there.
They all had scenes in common, but only the long path gave me the chance to wrap up all of the plotlines I’ve got going.
So I’m taking the long path.
It’s still likely to end up a short novel. I’m definitely in the final third of the book, so I know I need to pile on the pressure to build things toward my climax.
With luck (and a lot of work), I’ll be finished somewhere around the first of the year.
Then I can turn back to editing my second novel, and maybe doing another pass on my first novel, and another edit on this short story I wrote in September…
sighs Maybe best to ignore that for now. One story at a time.
