![]() And addressing even these basic principles would require an entire book devoted to the subject-such is the complexity of writing.īut for our purposes, let’s consider these principles specifically with regards to length. Or it could be there simply because… stories are like that. What happens in the meanwhile? And why, oh why, is it important? It could be to bring depth to the characters it could be to elucidate on the finer details of a world. ![]() If the duo (or trio?) do find love… what happens after? If the Necromancer is indeed vanquished… what will become of his apprentice? And so on. How do the protagonists find love? How is the Necromancer vanquished? (Not telling!) (Did anyone mention the Necromancer?) Or it could be a struggle for life-a struggle to reach the spaceship that will bring you to salvation. It could be a struggle to defeat a disturbed but immensely powerful necromancer. It could be the protagonists finding what lies in their heart, and the struggle to find love. A significant philosophical discussion can be had here but as far as we, the writers, are concerned: a tale must have a struggle. The Key PrinciplesĪll tales are unique, but I believe certain key principles are universal among them all. So how does one determine a suitable length? To answer that, one must go back to the key principles of writing. And maybe that romance novel might need a bit more side-character development or plot. Maybe the scifi masterpiece could do with missing a particularly technical discussion on the means of propulsion of the spacecraft. Perhaps the epic fantasy novel may choose to employ language in a manner befitting of 18th century writers-as is indeed traditional. They wouldn’t be what they are were it not for all those dialogues on philosophy ( what is knowledge? What is moral? etc.) or on science, or on the architecture of the world-a particular favourite of ours.īut so too is there a degree of… flexibility, in length. A sweeping epic fantasy novel, on the other hand, or a thought-provoking scifi masterpiece-they need length. ![]() A sweet romance tale is best when told with strictly the detail and length required to capture the lover’s heart no more and no less. Both, you may notice, assume there is particular set length to a story-but is this true? Writers often feel anxious about the length of a book: will I write enough, the more inexperienced among them wonder what if I write too much, think others. To continue from my literary deliberations, today I address another oft-troublesome aspect of writing: length. Previously, I wrote on matters of writing specifically, that concerning how much detail is too much detail-especially in sex.
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