I recently had someone send me some notes on my debut novel, Fate's Crossing. I won't reveal names but I will speak to one thing they mentioned.

They felt like it wasn't ready for publication and that it didn't follow the typical 3 act structure.

Okay, I can understand the last part because it doesn't purely adhere to that structure. It kind of does but it kind of doesn't. And I've always been taught that is okay. Some of the most successful works have gone against the grain. Not saying mine will wind up among the greats but you never know right? Thing about this is the fact that as I was writing and formulating parts 1 and 2 and now 3 something kind of unorthodox popped into my head. The whole series stands as the 3 act structure of the story.

Part 1, Fate's Crossing, is the set up and preparation. Part 2, The Midnight Trial, sets up some of the conflicts and complications the characters face. Part 3, Full Circle, is the climax and resolution of the series.

I know this is unusual but I saw the series as the story itself, one part bleeding into the next.

Thoughts?
~ J.R., out!

Fate's Crossing