Post by Nittanylizard on Oct 15, 2007 11:46:32 GMT -5
Almost three years ago, I started writing a story called The Empty Chair. It ended up being a terrific learning experience for me, and when it was over, I kept going to write its sequel, Finding Rocket.
Recently, I have been going back and re-writing Finding Rocket as a stand-alone novel. Mostly, that has involved working in more of the backstory from The Empty Chair. I'm doing this partly because I think the sequel is just better, and partly because the main character is a bit older (14/15), which better fits the story into the young adult genre.
Pretty much all of my regular betas have already read TEC and FR. What I could really use is some input for FR from somebody who has never read TEC. Since I have everything so ingrained in my head, I am having trouble figuring out whether or not the reader is getting all of the info they need in all the right places. I need to know if it makes sense as it now stands, or if it could use some more backstory.
It's a young adult novel, and currently just over 70,000 words. For comparison, The Outsiders is just over 49,000 words.
If anyone is interested, send me an email or a PM (from here or ffnet). My email server has been having issues, so if I don't get back to you right away that's why.
Speaking of, Keira, I got your email on Saturday, but haven't been able to reply back because of this...issue they're having. It seems to be getting back to normal today, so we'll see
.
Liz
Recently, I have been going back and re-writing Finding Rocket as a stand-alone novel. Mostly, that has involved working in more of the backstory from The Empty Chair. I'm doing this partly because I think the sequel is just better, and partly because the main character is a bit older (14/15), which better fits the story into the young adult genre.
Pretty much all of my regular betas have already read TEC and FR. What I could really use is some input for FR from somebody who has never read TEC. Since I have everything so ingrained in my head, I am having trouble figuring out whether or not the reader is getting all of the info they need in all the right places. I need to know if it makes sense as it now stands, or if it could use some more backstory.
It's a young adult novel, and currently just over 70,000 words. For comparison, The Outsiders is just over 49,000 words.
If anyone is interested, send me an email or a PM (from here or ffnet). My email server has been having issues, so if I don't get back to you right away that's why.
Speaking of, Keira, I got your email on Saturday, but haven't been able to reply back because of this...issue they're having. It seems to be getting back to normal today, so we'll see
.Liz
