PJ asks: “how to move from writing short stories to novels? First steps” Short story to novel is a common path for writers, because short stories are, if not easier exactly than novels, at least less time-intensive. But as the question understands, novel writing, while a related skill, is a rather different beast. So how do you start thinking about novels when you’ve been thinking in a shorter format up to now?
I'd love to know what qualifies as 'Really, really big' for you. I often thought novels were beyond my current abilities...until someone pointed out that a fanfic I began in 2015 was already close to 'Lord of the Rings' in length (60 chapters and 379,490 words approx at the time I finally got as far as I could with it) so that gave me pause to consider that my idea of 'big' is not quite the same as others. XD
It has incentivized me to finally start on a proper novel though. :)
I'd love to know what qualifies as 'Really, really big' for you. I often thought novels were beyond my current abilities...until someone pointed out that a fanfic I began in 2015 was already close to 'Lord of the Rings' in length (60 chapters and 379,490 words approx at the time I finally got as far as I could with it) so that gave me pause to consider that my idea of 'big' is not quite the same as others. XD
It has incentivized me to finally start on a proper novel though. :)