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Red at night by katie mcgarry7/6/2023 I’m sorry, but that’s too many characters and not enough time. The author wanted to have two protagonists, a jackass best friend, a sister, a guardian, a counselor, parents and other friends. And Katie McGarry, unfortunately, couldn’t do it. And introducing characters, letting them get to know each other and develop feeling naturally, introducing a conflict, and resolving the story properly… it takes a lot of effort to fit that in a novella. To write a good novella, you must have a story that you know you can properly execute in less than 40,000 words and then actually do it. You see, novella’s aren’t easy, especially for authors who only write full-length novels. They start to hand out and even though they’re different and Stella has spent her life being mocked by Jonah’s best friend, she can’t help but like him.Īnd that’s the summary of a novel that accidentally got turned into a novella by cutting out all the character building moments, emotional moments and moments that explain and resolve things. Stella is a loner who hangs out at the cemetery while Jonah was part of the popular crowd until an accident leads him to meet Stella at the cemetery. Red at Night is a novella that follows Stella and Jonah.
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