I am at last at the end of my final draft and edit. I have written about a fourteen year old boy who is befriended by extra dimensional beings. The story takes him through time thinking he is saving the world, the only female characters are his mother and a so called "witch" from the fourteenth century. No other females, to be honest the story line I feel doesn't call for a "friend" for him till the next book. Have I made a mistake in not putting the female element in the first novel. I wrote it as it revealed itself to me if that doesn't sound like I'm a cracked-pot!
Any and all thoughts will be welcome.
Regards Paul.
I tend to agree with Antoinette and hope I'm right. I'm writing a story which does have women in it, but they're all killed in the first third and none appear thereafter. I suppose I could add females later, but they wouldn't add anything important to the story so I'm not going to.
Thanks for your comment. This is a story I wrote in the early 90s and left it after the second draft till earlier this year when I had the time, the thought of a female companion didn't enter my head the whole time, then I finished and for some reason the question raised itself. I suppose after being immersed for so long in different stories within the novel it is easy to be blinkered. Think I will leave it though, after your comment. Thank you for taking the time.
Regards Paul.
I think as long as your story works with the lack of females you should be fine. Without reading your story I'm going to say it's like The Maze Runner (Going off the film since I haven't read it yet). There is only two females that appear in that, and one isn't in it for long. But it still worked.