Help! I can't control myself

[lil_elvis]

I started a new story last weekend. Basic plot line is husband wife separate and reconcile. However, I'm trying a couple of new things:

1. Writing from the female POV

2. Trying to tell as much of the story as possible through dialogue and leaving the setting, characters' physicla attributes to a minimum

Problem is, I'm at 30 WORD pages alreadyand only about half or two-thirds done and what started as a simple plot keeps growing.

Any advice on how to pare down your work?

Thanks

 

[oggbashan]

I started a new story last weekend. Basic plot line is husband wife separate and reconcile. However, I'm trying a couple of new things:

1. Writing from the female POV

2. Trying to tell as much of the story as possible through dialogue and leaving the setting, characters' physicla attributes to a minimum

Problem is, I'm at 30 WORD pages alreadyand only about half or two-thirds done and what started as a simple plot keeps growing.

Any advice on how to pare down your work?

Thanks

Why pare? If it seems good, just keep going.

Og

 

[lil_elvis]

Why pare? If it seems good, just keep going.

Og

Good question. I like the story, but maybe it just seems long for a relatively simple concept.

 

[TxRad]

Good question. I like the story, but maybe it just seems long for a relatively simple concept.

The simpler the concept the fuller and more lifelike it can get.... I have this problem with most of my stories but as long as they don't seem wordy for no reason then go with it... Put it all down and don't worry about the length until it's finished....

 

[Penelope Street]

Yeah, what Og and Tx said. Just tell the story, don't worry about statistics.

 

[CharleyH]

If you are asking how to pare down your story, then I am guessing that you want too for one reason or another. I find being viscious with your own writing is the best result. Look for those tings that have no point in being there, other than the fact you love them, and then cut them right the hell out. Of course, save them in a file, 'just in case'.

I find that doing this can often leadthe story into a direction that you had not thought of before, or can simplify a story that you may otherwise be tired of writing.

 

[carsonshepherd]

god, don't pare it. go with it. it's a beautiful thing.

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

Go with the flow.
My longest story started out as what was supposed to be a short one.

 

[lil_elvis]

god, don't pare it. go with it. it's a beautiful thing.

I am, just stopped in for a breather....she just came, with some funny consequences.........and now, back to our story