I am cutting my Frankenstein novel Names Have Been Changed in half, rewriting part of it, and adding a completely new last half. It's now a young adult novel, aiming for 80,000 words. The new title is By Any Other Name. All the loose ends now have a wonderful solution, all of the trivial characters and plot twists work toward a common goal.
See, I was writing a story in two parts, the first part taking place during the adolescence of the main character, and the second part taking place in her young adulthood. It had no real audience. Teens might read the first half, but they would be completely unable to relate to the second part, while adults wouldn't read it at all because they would think it was a young adult novel. I should clarify... most... adults wouldn't read it, there are plenty of adults who appreciate good young adult fiction.
I'm so excited, I just finished scribbling down the outline and notes and had to write about my revelation here before I went to sleep and forgot everything. I really want to start writing, but I know that that would ruin a whole day of writing tomorrow if I don't get the sleep now. Besides, when I write late at night I always think it's amazing until I sleep and read it with a fully functioning brain. So... off to bed. More later.
SO I was telling Brian all about your writing endeavors and he ahs some advice for you - write about vampires or werewolves, that's where the money is :)
ReplyDeleteGood Luck!!