OK. As it stands right now, my project includes a four-year time jump as part of the denouement. The climax involves huge reveals, a massive change to one character, the obligatory showdown with the bad guy, and so on. I had planned to end up with a 90K word story - expecting that 10K or so would be the wrap up and exploration.
To me, that feels pretty crappy. The story is over. Yes, the repercussions are far reaching and rather involved, but there's no real plot at that point. It would be a nicely worded documentary, with some dialogue thrown in to keep it interesting.
The alternate plan would be to write two smaller bits - around 50K each. While the end I had in mind would be about 10K, there are two plot threads I could include to fully flesh it out. My worry is that people might think they were just NaNoWriMo projects and give them a pass simply on that assumption.
I could do the first one as a slightly shorter novel (say 80K), and then do the second piece as an included novella (25K).
The only reason this matters right now is for planning out the scenes and chapter length.
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