Jim Sallis writes:
<< Just today I sent my agent a new manuscript,
WILDERNESS: TWO NOVELS,
comprising the novel-length version of my story "Drive"
from Dennis
McMillan's anthology MEASURES OF POISON and another
short novel, OTHERS OF
MY KIND. >>
We're not so much of a writers' forum here, but I'm wondering
if you could say a few things about converting "Drive" into a
novel, and/or more generally about moving a story to a novel.
Did you have a novel in mind from the start, and "Drive" was
a test-drive version? Or did you think the story deserved
novel treatment once it was finished? Were there special
challenges in handling the extension? I found the story-like
structure of (was it both?) "Moth" and
"Long-Legged Fly" rewarding in a number of ways. Did you have
the storylines and then discover a way to interweave them?
Was the interweaving part of a design at the outset? (These
are broader issues that Bill Crider, James Reasoner, and
others might address as well. Most readers on this list have
probably encountered shorter-length versions of novels by
lots of authors discussed here: C. Williams, MacDonald,
etc.)
Best, Doug
(A story of mine appears shortly after yours in "Measures of
Poison," but I don't have any plans to extend it (though I
might return to the protagonist at some point)).
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