28,201 words into the novella now. Word count has slowed down as I expected it would with the return to work.
This story began as a short that I intended to be under 6000 words! It has followed the path of many other stories I’ve written and just inflated before my very eyes. I now think it is likely to end up a short novel, probably 45-50,000 words. In fact, that is what I am aiming at now – a John Wyndham style short apocalyptic novel, with an H.G. Wells narrator (and music by Philip Glass).
Speaking of Mr Wyndham, I picked up a copy of The Chrysalids recently, which I recall reading (along with The Midwich Cuckoos) when I was much younger. Time to rediscover.
DREAMWEAVING 
I find the opposite with my stories – they don’t want to grow! You’ve read some of them, so you’ve probably noticed they’re all under or around the 3,500 word mark. Anyway, good luck with that Wyndham-esque short novel.
Is ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’ any good? I was going to buy it ages ago but didn’t…can’t remember why!
J.
I haven’t read The Midwich Cuckoos for years and I tend to mix up the old 1960’s film of it in my head – ‘Children of the Damned’. I’m enjoying The Chrysalids so far.