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I've had a few 'great ideas' for books. I'm a big sci-fi fan, especially Michael Crichton. I'm not sure if that's relevant but there it is. I want to write a full length book, not a short story, a...
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System
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2019-12-08T08:49:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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user6916458
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2019-12-08T08:49:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
I've had a few 'great ideas' for books. I'm a big sci-fi fan, especially Michael Crichton. I'm not sure if that's relevant but there it is. I _want_ to write a full length book, not a short story, a full length hundreds of pages long book. I draw up a plot of what I want to happen, figure out bios for all the major characters, then hit the keyboard. All sounds right, right? Roll forward a few hours (or days) and I've written a few pages, maybe 5 or 6 and I'm half way though my plot. This is my issue. I could go back though and pad random paragraphs here and there but it feels like I'm doing just that - padding. I know word/page count shouldn't matter but I _want_ to write a long story. I want to invest the time and energy and see what I produce, even if it never sees the light of day. How do I make my stories longer without just padding for the sake of padding?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-05-16T01:37:30Z (over 6 years ago)
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