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I hope this plea for an editor is appropriate. I looked at the editor list, read some bios and had no idea who would want to help out on such a project.
The story will be 11 chapters. Chapters 1-3 are ready for editing and Chapter 4 is close. I have a lot of the scenes written for the other chapters.
Word counts:
Ch 1 - 4556
Ch 2 - 4469
Ch 3 - 7469
Ch 4 - 11745 and rising
I expect the whole thing to be around 100k words when done.
The story is about Johnny, Emily and Janet. Johnny is the main character, narrator and boring, nice guy. Emily is his cousin and is the archtype of the happy homemaker. Janet is his girlfriend/wife and is the archtype of the committed businesswoman. The story covers over 20 years and is about their happy times and struggles. At the end, they all live happily ever after.
One of my goals is for the story to be realistic. People do everything for a reason. They are all struggling to attain their dreams and sometimes make mistakes. I tried to make the characters realistic. For example, Emily is short and flat chested. And at some point, it is important that she is short and flat chested. Johnny and Emily have a taboo relationship and struggle with that fact through out the story.
There is a lot of social commentary and implied advice. Nothing too preachy I think. For example, I talk one point briefly about why sexual relationships between cousins are taboo today even though there really isn't any biological reason for that.
The first three chapters are "set up and sex", "set up and sex", and "set up and sex". Each chapter ends with an important sex scene. The fourth chapter goes into a lot of character development. Chapters 6 and 7 are about the characters' struggles once they have kids and their marriages go South. The rest of the story is about their struggles to forge a happy life together.
I have never written anything of this length. I have never really ever written any fiction. But I have caught the bug recently and this is a story I want to tell. It may very well suck.
So if you are interested in helping me out, let me know.
The story will be 11 chapters. Chapters 1-3 are ready for editing and Chapter 4 is close. I have a lot of the scenes written for the other chapters.
Word counts:
Ch 1 - 4556
Ch 2 - 4469
Ch 3 - 7469
Ch 4 - 11745 and rising
I expect the whole thing to be around 100k words when done.
The story is about Johnny, Emily and Janet. Johnny is the main character, narrator and boring, nice guy. Emily is his cousin and is the archtype of the happy homemaker. Janet is his girlfriend/wife and is the archtype of the committed businesswoman. The story covers over 20 years and is about their happy times and struggles. At the end, they all live happily ever after.
One of my goals is for the story to be realistic. People do everything for a reason. They are all struggling to attain their dreams and sometimes make mistakes. I tried to make the characters realistic. For example, Emily is short and flat chested. And at some point, it is important that she is short and flat chested. Johnny and Emily have a taboo relationship and struggle with that fact through out the story.
There is a lot of social commentary and implied advice. Nothing too preachy I think. For example, I talk one point briefly about why sexual relationships between cousins are taboo today even though there really isn't any biological reason for that.
The first three chapters are "set up and sex", "set up and sex", and "set up and sex". Each chapter ends with an important sex scene. The fourth chapter goes into a lot of character development. Chapters 6 and 7 are about the characters' struggles once they have kids and their marriages go South. The rest of the story is about their struggles to forge a happy life together.
I have never written anything of this length. I have never really ever written any fiction. But I have caught the bug recently and this is a story I want to tell. It may very well suck.
So if you are interested in helping me out, let me know.
