Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Problems Already? Rough Seas Hits Some Rough Seas.
OK, so I'm trying to write a romantic suspense 55-70K. I'm about half-way there and I'm running into problems. Mainly, that my word count isn't high enough. I hate the word count thing. If I follow my own advice ("Take my advice, I'm not using it") then I'd just keep writing the story and end when it ends. I've got the thing set up complete with a possible sequel, but it's almost "done" and I'm only at 25K+. *Sigh*
If it's not one thing it's another.
I brainstormed a little today to figure out how to add to my story without distracting from the main idea. The conflict between the hero/heroine is basically resolved and the mystery part is basically done too. Now, I need to figure out how to add to the body of the story without taking away from the romance or the mystery.
I wonder if readers would be interested in the rest of the crew. I plan to have them all come back in the sequel, but I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in the "mind of a fisherman". It all facinates me, but maybe I'm just weird. Being married to an ex-fisherman, I'm more likely to be interested in the fisherman way of life.
So, the question of the day is what do you think readers want? Do they want more backstory on the crew? Do they want more details on crab fishing? All opinions welcome. There were some (during the Romance Divas Synopsis contest) that weren't interested at all. What do you think?
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