write a novella

For a while I’ve been wanting to write a novel but can never get above six pages, but my short stories are brillant. Normally I can write them in a day. mostly though I write to six pages and freeze I now it won’t turn into a novel because I’m half way through, but the thought scares me a bit. Novels are so hard for me, even reading them makes my head twitch. So I’m trying out novellas. I know I can write them I love to have people guessing in my writing so I now I’ll have enough to say. So wish me luck (or good fortune) because I’ll need it.

I have a story to tell.
It started with an incident in January which I thought I was going to turn into a short story. I though of two or three themes that would naturally have to be the focus. I only wrote down a description of the real incident, though. The story outline stayed somewhere in the back of my head for months and I had fun thinking about it every now and then. The last time I thought about it, I realised that it had actually grown quite a bit and that some other themes were quite relevant, more times and places, thoughts and consequences ought to be described…
The outline right now looks a lot like something that’ll hopefully be a novella when it’s written: The core of the story is a conflict,it’ll focus on one character and its relation to another, the whole story is triggered by a very singular event and I will heavily rely on one particular symbol.
I’m still quite unsure about the ending, the characters are kind of shady and I wonder about the structure and when to mention what for dramatic effect. I intend for it not to be as staight-forward as novella structures usually are, I guess.

So, I’m really becoming a writer! Finished about 11 pages so far on the novella and started another story, not sure whether it’ll be a short story or novella.

First 6 pages done, very stoked. First time I truly feel passionate about writing a story, I know this will mean that I will follow through until completion. My Heart shall be in this novella, It will be written with my blood.

It was published by an academic press and I hold the last remaining copies (not for sale). BUT the best thing was not the publication, not the best part at all. The writing and being able to look back at it now and see the writer that I was becoming. I had a mentor at the time and that made a significant difference in the progress and completion of the work.

I finished my novella…!

Now I must edit edit edit!

I hope it can be (locally) published!

Finally, I’ve started writing my novella.
It just came one night, when i got this electric typewriter from work…
It’s called Interface.
I’m so excited!!!!

I can’t write a novel. But I can do poetry. So I think maybe a novella could work. I just need to take writing classes! I have sooo many good ideas tho…

the novella form is really interesting. it’s condensed, but it still has all the same elements as a novel does.

my recent editing bout with my novella has helped me think about writing in a very different way.

i am definitely thinking about writing more down the road.

I had so much fun writing this and I want to try to get it published soon. Everyone of my friends who’ve read it so far say it’s really good!