I realized this morning after reading some book reviews on Reactor Six Closed Circle Mysteries To Ensnare Your Brain – Reactor (reactormag.com) that I was actually writing three different books in one. I have three different parts to my first book. I should make each one its own novel. I have three different core mysteries set in a science fiction universe. I should split up the story to three books so that I can properly resolve all of the closed door mysteries. 🙂
Here are the things that I looked at:
- I was giving plot armor to the side characters so they would have sufficient character development. Solution? Destroy the plot armor. 🙂
- Three different story lines that I was rushing through. Perhaps sit a bit and soak in the misery that I’m putting my MC through.
- Mary Sue? I needed side characters to know too much. Would someone really be able to create a hydroponics garden and maintain robots? Perhaps not. 🙂
Hopefully, breaking the manuscript into three sections, will be step in the right direction.