First Draft: A Game of Silk and Shadows (Part One, Unfinished)
Added 2024-01-19 11:08:23 +0000 UTCI suppose in some ways this short stort is an a
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WHile I was being a bit glib about it being a failure - I'm actually fairly pleased with it, and had a lot of fun writing it! - you're right, of course, that it fails the "short" part of being a short story. It's currently just a touch over 15k words in length so probably nearing the upper length of short story, bottom end of novella, not that the boundaries really matter. I like your comment though that ending it at the end of the second part (with Duncan reverting to Aubriella) marks a good possible ending point for it. Hmmm...
David Sanders
2024-01-20 14:41:55 +0000 UTCI don't think it is a failure at all. - except perhaps on the terms of being a short story. To be honest, when I finished the second part of the sneak peak I thought you had wrapped the story up rather beautifully, perhaps just as a simple vignette rather than a longer piece, but that is what a short story is in essence.... Whilst I still wanted to know more about the world you've created and the fates of the various characters (as i do with many short stories!) you had finished at a good point in the narrative. In your latest update above (whilst being beautifully written etc) the most major change is to change the last scene in a way that extends the possibilities of the story and hence its length. Personally, I don't see this as a bad thing because I'm not worried by your word count, but in terms of trying to write a short story it seems counter intuitive...
Asklepios
2024-01-20 14:16:37 +0000 UTC
