I've been reading through the story so far and I've decided it needs an edit, before I get to the last section of the "Fantasy Opus".
The early part of the story looks good (to me) but the later parts don't flow as well, so I've come to a difficult decision.
Firstly I need to reduce the number of main characters. There are too many minor characters who are under developed and don't have much to do. The narrative will benefit from more focus on a smaller number of key characters. Secondly, the later elements of the story need to be shaped into a better, more compelling narrative, by focusing more on character interactions.
Four characters are going.
The main story remains intact, in fact I've had some good detail ideas for the final chapters. Some of it will require a lot of action, which I'll need to storyboard.
I think my December 2017 goal is looking unlikely, as I want to publish the best that I can do.
⟳ Update 04-03-17:
I'm currently part way through some early editing. Although I've removed four minor characters I've also added over a thousand more words, which gives you some idea of the kind of editing. I decided too much of the story was "show" rather than "tell" which doesn't allow the reader to engage as easily. I'm adding more dialogue, and removing some of the character thoughts to allow the reader to peace the story together themselves.
Bye for now,
John Howes.
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