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08-19-2004, 05:45 PM
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Can you give me some examples of extreme situation changes in the middle of novels? Just so I have an idea.....
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08-19-2004, 06:09 PM
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Hmm... I'll reply tomorrow, it's hours past midnight, but I'll try and think of some books in the morn.
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08-19-2004, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Eiji Tunsinagi
I havent started writing it. I'm just doing the outline, and it already feeling too long to be one novel. Well, it might not be too LONG, its just that in the middle of my outline of the whole idea, the scene and situation changes extremely. I think I should split the whole thing into a before and after kind of thing. I could do it as one book, but the sudden transiton to a whole entire new country could be too drastic to have in just one sitting. And when I say drastic, its going to be pretty extreme.
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One thing I can suggest about that is the ensure that the 1st novel has a real feeling of closure, as if it could exist on its own. It'll be easier to market that way. Otherwise you'll have to finish them both before putting them to the market.
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08-19-2004, 09:35 PM
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I've never heard of NaNoWriMo before so I checked out the website...read the whole darn thing......and now I can't wait for November! I'm signing up for sure.
My favourite part of their website was a question in the FAQ:
Question: Can I just write the same word 50,000 times? 
Answer: No....well, no. 
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08-19-2004, 09:40 PM
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get ready.....it might---wont----be that easy. I've been seriously waiting since the begining of this month. I'm getting the write better write faster book as soon as it comes out. Should prove to be good reading.
Anyway, I plan on just making the 2 novels ONE novel so I dont have to have an abrupt cliffhanger for the 1st books conclusion. Good point, Talia. I want it to have closure, not to end with the main characters just escaping dead and then falling into an even WORSE situation.
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08-20-2004, 06:51 AM
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One thing I can suggest about that is the ensure that the 1st novel has a real feeling of closure, as if it could exist on its own. It'll be easier to market that way. Otherwise you'll have to finish them both before putting them to the market.
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I completely agree. If there's one thing I always make a point of doing, it's changing the entire setting, making entirely new goals for the characters (that still point to the same destinaton), and tying up ALL the subplots at the end of the book, but adding just a few paragraphs (no more) that are the starting of new subplots.
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08-20-2004, 10:51 AM
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Ok, some books, not sure my selection will be of much help to you though, maybe others can come up with better ones:
Armitav Gosh - The Glas Palace
Tad Williams - First Otherland book
Lord of the Rings
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