Novel

I mentioned abyssmal progress on a novel recently. Abyssmal is right. I've had the setting and characters in mind for at least four years and the core conceits of the setting go back further than that. Early draft plot outlines exist from almost four years ago too.

I've really wrestled with the outline since, and I have something that I think is pretty strong. I've got two or three abortive attempts to write the thing under my belt too. My problem, I've decided, is that I'm daunted and intimidated by the prospect of writing this thing. From prior experience, I expect that if I can power through to 30,000 words or so that that feeling will go away. Of course, then I'll have to deal with fatigue and attention span issues about the project, so maybe I just can't win. I don't have a specific goal for wordcount, but I'd be surprised if I could do the story justice in less than 90,000 words. I'd also be surprised if I could sell it unless it's over 100,000.