So I recently finished the first fantasy novel in a trilogy I'm writing- it's not posted here (I'm really private about my writing), but I was wondering-
In general, how do you know if enough has happened in your story?
I'm really proud of what I've written, and I think it's exciting...but I'm also highly biased because it's my own work. There is no big battle in the end or anything like that. So I'm worried that if people read it they'll think 'that was okay, but what happened?'
I know it's not necessary to have a big battle in all fantasies, so I didn't think it was a problem...but then I got really worried that without the battle, not enough actually happened to make my story worthwhile. I have plans for 'the big battle' in the next 2 of the series, so I started thinking the first book may seem boring.
There's a lot of character development, setting up for the next 2 books, character bonding, conflict development...There are small fights and disputes. The problem is well established and it becomes apparent that a battle will be inevitable, but the battle doesn't happen.
I guess to summarize my question, what I want to know is: how do you know if your story is worth reading?
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