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My first draft is reaching more than 150,000 words already, and its not finished yet. I estimate I have a good 1/4 left to go, which means its probably going to push almost 200,000 words.
However I've recently been contemplating splitting the book in half and publishing the first half.
This is not entirely impossible, because of my writing process which was very strange:
1.) I wrote the middle first, believing that the middle would be the beginning, but after I realized the characters were not developed enough I had to write an entire prequel section to the book to familiarize the reader with the characters and the vast mythos where the book takes place.
2.) The prequel section became larger than the original which though it has its own almost separate plotline isn't quite developed enough to stand as a story on its own, yet.
So I heard that publishers are reluctant to call 150,000+ a "novel" so to speak more for printing reasons I heard, but again I'm new to this. I'm just a writer.
It IS possible for me to split the book in half, but not entirely sure if I can do that. I can work a fitting ending into the first half but again, I just want some input first.
However I've recently been contemplating splitting the book in half and publishing the first half.
This is not entirely impossible, because of my writing process which was very strange:
1.) I wrote the middle first, believing that the middle would be the beginning, but after I realized the characters were not developed enough I had to write an entire prequel section to the book to familiarize the reader with the characters and the vast mythos where the book takes place.
2.) The prequel section became larger than the original which though it has its own almost separate plotline isn't quite developed enough to stand as a story on its own, yet.
So I heard that publishers are reluctant to call 150,000+ a "novel" so to speak more for printing reasons I heard, but again I'm new to this. I'm just a writer.
It IS possible for me to split the book in half, but not entirely sure if I can do that. I can work a fitting ending into the first half but again, I just want some input first.