@mariposa
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@jenwriter17 It sounds pretty good (I haven’t read any dystopian books, so I can’t really say what’s cliche and what’s not).
That collage is epic. 👍🏻 We actually have a thread devoted to book inspired collages if you have any more. 🙂
@ingridrd Thanks! 🙂
@daughteroftheking Ooh! That quote is intriguing. 👍🏻
@dragon-Snapper The series is like Jurassic Park, except with a creationist worldview. There’s no time travel in this series, but the series I’m working on now (it also has dinosaurs 🦖😋), has time travel. 🙂Okay, laying aside the annoying songs (for now 😜), here’s a collage for the third book in my dinosaur series:
@dragon-snapper @dekreel @daughteroftheking Do we need to rename this thread, “Annoying/irritating song inspired gifs/torture” ? 😅
@amily-huddleston I haven’t seen any of Roy Rogers’ movies. I’ve actually only seen a few western movies, however, I make up for it by watching a lot of western TV shows. My favorites are Bonanza, The Virginian, The Big Valley, The Rifleman, Laramie, and Wagon Train. Have you seen any of those? 😃
@jenwriter17 I concur with what everyone is saying. 🙂
@livgiordano I actually did that with a story I submitted to KP. It was originally 70,000 words long, but I condensed it to 4,000 (except it was a story long-since abandoned and one I’d given up as a book, but I thought I could at least salvage it into a decent short story).
Anyway, back to the issue at hand. 🙂 Whether it takes away from the appeal will largely depend how much you reveal and how different it is from your WIP. It could actually get people interested in your book, because if they like the short story, they will likely enjoy the novel.
As for developing the arc, maybe you could use a subplot or a secondary arc for the story, one that can take place in a shorter span of time. Also, try thinking about what’s absolutely necessary in the plot and focus on that instead of all the buildup. For example, in my story, the character thought her kindness had been wasted, but later she realized no act of kindness is ever wasted. In the original book, there was a lot of scenes showing how the people mistreated her along with the gradual decline of her one and only best friend. In the short story, I chose only a few poignant examples of mistreatment and instead of showing the gradual change in her friend, I showed the aftermath.
Or you could do a similar arc with a similar theme, but not as deep. For example, a child loses their brother and they think they need him back to be happy again, but they learn that others can help them overcome loneliness. In the short story format, you could always have your MC lose their beloved dog instead and have them find joy by caring for an injured cat that wandered into his/her life.
@amily-Huddleston Ooh, paper making? That sounds cool! I don’t ride horses or anything, but I love watching old westerns. Do you like westerns?
@jenwriter17 Cool! I love the first and last drawings especially. I really like how you do the hair and eyes! ❤️
Howdy, @amily-huddleston! Me and my assistant, Aberdeen the Authorosarus (he’s an ink-drinking, book-eating dinosaur 🦖), greet you!
Besides reading and writing, what are your favorite hobbies? Do you like to draw? 🙂
@jenwriter17 Nope, I haven’t read that one yet. So far I’ve read 4 volumes of his sermons, John Ploughman’s Talk, and Around the Wicket Gate. 🙂
@christi-eaton I’m afraid I can’t recommend any since I’ve never listened to audiobooks. 🙈 Being an introvert, I retain things better by reading rather than by listening. 🙂
@emily-d Maybe instead of using all the characters, she could just take her two favorites and incorporate them in a new story. Or she could create a new story with different characters but have the characters be similar to the ones in her abandoned story. 🙂
@rochellaine @jenwriter17 Love the quotes! ❤️ 🙂 Here are some Charles Spurgeon ones I like (they aren’t exactly writing related, but they could be applied to writing):
“Rome was not built in a day, nor much else, unless it be a dog kennel.”
“He is not the best student who reads the most books, but he who meditates the most upon them.”
“There is no particular virtue in being seriously unreadable.”
@dragon-snapper @dekreel @catwing *whistling triple dent gum* Anger yells “No!” and pounds the control panel. Mind workers solemnly resolve never to forget these songs and decide to throw the memory of algebra into the memory dump.