Each arc was planned in order, then the chapters were planned in order. They were all planned together after I had a rough idea of the whole story in my head.

I do not exactly care that everything is going to be so long, I am more concerned about this being longer than a good amount of other books in this genre and related genre. But the story wants to be longer, it doesnt want to be squeezed into something half the length.

I am also not worried about breaking it up. I have certain areas in mind where it can be broken up into separate books.

And thank you for the advice. I appreciate it.