Merry Christmas Eve Eve to those who celebrate.
With the end of the month quickly approaching, I wanted to inform those interested about the plan for Contentions:
• I've decided that the book will be a three-book series instead of a stand-alone novel. The first draft is one-third of the way finished and quickly approaching 50,000 words, and I can easily double that through the second. That means I can find enough content to cover three books. However, I will have to do some significant tweaking in the second and third drafts to make the story stand alone for each novel.
• The first book should still be "completed" by the end of the month. However, this does not mean I'm done with it, as I will review my second and third drafts by the end of January. At that point, I intend to look into publishing options while sketching the Book 2 outline. Contentions will remain free to read on Wattpad, Inkitt, and RoyalRoad until these options are explored.
• Please give me heavy feedback between the book's planned finishing date, December 31, and the scheduled manuscript rewrite date, January 31. I know my following on Wattpad is not that high, but I don't mind putting my work out there for free during this period because I need to know what is essential to you as a reader. Do plot points not make sense? Do things about the characters irritate you? Do a few chapters bore you to the point of not wanting to read anymore? These are the things I need to know so I can make a compelling manuscript.
I want to thank you for the increase in viewership and interactivity this past month. I'm happy to see that it has become interesting and visible, and I hope this will continue as we finish the book. Thank you all for your help in this process.