24,692 Words
Two weeks more and another 13K+ words gives me 7 chapters, 24.5K+ words, 87 pages. Output of the suicide novel is speeding up. Theoretically, I’m either one-fourth the way through a 100K word novel, or a little over one-third the way through a 60K word novel. Only time and revision can tell how long this thing is eventually going to end up.
The chapters are bouncing between father and son. The father searching for peace of mind. The son searching for his father.
The father has abandoned his family, is living with a knife wielding crazy man in Brooklyn, and recently went to see his younger brother’s former lover.
The son grew up and went to college believing his father is still alive. He was admitted to a small university in the Hudson Valley, and met the young son of a very rich family who also happens to be a sort of musical prodigy. The two boys become best friends, have a falling out, and are reunited.
The chapters that need major revision are still there and will remain until I reach the end. I’m beginning to see a shift in my early design of the plot line. I wanted to present the end and then show how the two characters reached that point, but now it looks like I’ll do the story in a more familiar format and follow each character to the eventual end. Either way, I already have the ending written, so at least I know where I’m going.
Right now, I’m at a point where the father is returning to the knife wielding crazy man where life’s normal hazards pale in comparison to living with a man who has no qualms about killing you without any reason at all. I see their relationship growing, while at the same time one slowly spirals down into an unbelievable insanity and the other finds a key that might fit the lock in the door to his future.
The son and his friend renew their friendship, while a dark shadow has the potential to destroy that friendship forever. As each grows toward manhood, their differences compound the difficulty they have in remaining friends. At the same time, the son gathers clues leading to the (already written) eventual meeting with his father.
The chapters are bouncing between father and son. The father searching for peace of mind. The son searching for his father.
The father has abandoned his family, is living with a knife wielding crazy man in Brooklyn, and recently went to see his younger brother’s former lover.
The son grew up and went to college believing his father is still alive. He was admitted to a small university in the Hudson Valley, and met the young son of a very rich family who also happens to be a sort of musical prodigy. The two boys become best friends, have a falling out, and are reunited.
The chapters that need major revision are still there and will remain until I reach the end. I’m beginning to see a shift in my early design of the plot line. I wanted to present the end and then show how the two characters reached that point, but now it looks like I’ll do the story in a more familiar format and follow each character to the eventual end. Either way, I already have the ending written, so at least I know where I’m going.
Right now, I’m at a point where the father is returning to the knife wielding crazy man where life’s normal hazards pale in comparison to living with a man who has no qualms about killing you without any reason at all. I see their relationship growing, while at the same time one slowly spirals down into an unbelievable insanity and the other finds a key that might fit the lock in the door to his future.
The son and his friend renew their friendship, while a dark shadow has the potential to destroy that friendship forever. As each grows toward manhood, their differences compound the difficulty they have in remaining friends. At the same time, the son gathers clues leading to the (already written) eventual meeting with his father.
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