Long Stories

Why do my stories never end?

I'm writing a book, that was initially title Short Shifter. I feel like I've barely started it and it's already at 60,000 words. That's not short! What the heck, story. You're supposed to be short!

But these characters keep throwing up obstacles, and generally being pains in the butt, with all their chatter and their reluctance to get the story going.

That's the problem with characters sometimes. Just because I have a plan for them, and an outline to follow, it doesn't mean, they agree, and it doesn't mean they'll co-operate.

So, for now, I just keep writing, hoping the end is growing closer with every world, but it probably isn't.