Story.....

[readingredhead]

So I came home today and wrote. A lot. At least it feels like I wrote a lot. In reality the length of my story hasn't increased much, thanks to the word count limit. I never realized how hard it was to tell a well-developed story in 5000 words or less! I think I needed at least 2000 to set up the backstory...and I really would have liked to have gone into more detail on a lot of things. Granted, I also would've liked to have taken more time on this overall, but you can't have everything.

It's not done, but by the end of the night it should be there -- at least, that's what I promised myself this afternoon. But for it to end, I have to know how it ends. Well, I know that the hostages get safely recovered, and no one's the wiser as to Japan's involvement. I need to reveal Mr. Robinson's "identity," aka who he's working for. Some closure needs to be brought to the storyline with Jorge & co. -- they need to feel some sort of happiness at having done the job right. So, bullets!

-+-The suits get made
-+-The special ops team goes in
-+-Jorge & co are allowed to listen in on the radio (or if they're not allowed, Mark taps into it and they listen anyway)
-+-The hostages are successfully saved
-+-There is a battle, which the OAS wins
-+-Robinson debriefs Jorge & co
-+-They feel happy
-+-The end.

And all of this in about 900 words! Thankfully, I can probably do it. Which, really, is all that remains: to sit down and do it. So...here I go, I guess.

EDIT: Oh my goodness I'm done! Done! You hear me, I'm done! I finished! In the words of my sister, finito! BOO-yah! Owned!

I'm going to go stop being hyper now and begin the revision...

Comments

[spadleader88.livejournal.com]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

I knew you could do it!

I'm SO *INCREDIBLY* PROUD of you!

*many happy hugs*

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

*blushes and joins in the cheer*

Thank you. I don't *love* the story, but over time I think I'll grow to like it. Hopefully.

Thanks for the support through it all.

[spadleader88.livejournal.com]

IDEA: Once it's done for publishing, you can add to it so that you like it more, like, forgetting about word count and, possibly, clarity.

Just make it a story you're proud of.

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion. Actually, I'd already been intending to do that; I think that with about another 5000 words I can make it into something *really* good.

I was looking back at the best short story I think I've written and I saw that it was about 9500 words. Guess I'm not too good at being concise!