Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 6:03:38 GMT
Over the years I have abandoned many editorial projects. In reality, calling them all "publishing projects" is excessive: let's rather say ideas for novels and essays of various kinds. In 1994 I wrote a dramatic novel in diary form: it seemed like a good story then, now I know it was rubbish. In 2009 I wrote a technical book on blogging which I proposed to at least 3 publishers, now I know that it is not useful, because there are many similar ones on the market and made even better, but above all it is information that can be found for free online everywhere. Of the many remaining ideas, very few have survived to the present day. Of the first ones I had none. But some resist. Those, even today, seem like good ideas to me and push me to write them.
What I mean is that, in the discarded ideas and abandoned projects, I had not identified the potential of the book or the idea of the book . Those ideas just don't work. The impact of the book on the publishing market Have you written anything new? My first book on blogging didn't say anything new. My second book on blogging, published, talked about blogging differently: there Special Data was nothing like it on that topic in publishing. My first fantasy novel (sticking to the plot) was a copy of The Sword of Shannar : few readings in general and few on fantasy in particular. My second fantasy novel (stopping the plot) was a copy of The Lord of the Rings : still few readings in general and few in fantasy. My third fantasy novel, which I had started working on and which for now is stuck on plot, world building and character sheets, is instead a new fantasy, especially due to its setting. Mixes history, adventure and epic. It starts from two bonsai stories written in 1994.
In 2010, more or less, I started thinking about how to expand the story and since then I still like that story. What will be the impact of your book on the publishing market? Have you written anything new? It is not easy to answer this question, because every rubbish is beautiful in the eyes of its author (to paraphrase an old song). The strength of the idea and its resistance over time Does that story still bother you after a year? The science fiction novel I'm working on has been teasing me for 3 years now, ever since I started getting my hands on it. Abandoned at least twice, I have always taken it back and even now I don't want to abandon it. That's the first novel I want to write. I don't want to start with another one. I didn't choose a simple plot, in fact it's complex, and I could start with other novels that I'm interested in writing, easier to manage and also more linear. But I'm interested in starting with that. If I can't do it, then writing fiction isn't for me and there's no point in continuing to dream of being a writer. I think so.
What I mean is that, in the discarded ideas and abandoned projects, I had not identified the potential of the book or the idea of the book . Those ideas just don't work. The impact of the book on the publishing market Have you written anything new? My first book on blogging didn't say anything new. My second book on blogging, published, talked about blogging differently: there Special Data was nothing like it on that topic in publishing. My first fantasy novel (sticking to the plot) was a copy of The Sword of Shannar : few readings in general and few on fantasy in particular. My second fantasy novel (stopping the plot) was a copy of The Lord of the Rings : still few readings in general and few in fantasy. My third fantasy novel, which I had started working on and which for now is stuck on plot, world building and character sheets, is instead a new fantasy, especially due to its setting. Mixes history, adventure and epic. It starts from two bonsai stories written in 1994.
In 2010, more or less, I started thinking about how to expand the story and since then I still like that story. What will be the impact of your book on the publishing market? Have you written anything new? It is not easy to answer this question, because every rubbish is beautiful in the eyes of its author (to paraphrase an old song). The strength of the idea and its resistance over time Does that story still bother you after a year? The science fiction novel I'm working on has been teasing me for 3 years now, ever since I started getting my hands on it. Abandoned at least twice, I have always taken it back and even now I don't want to abandon it. That's the first novel I want to write. I don't want to start with another one. I didn't choose a simple plot, in fact it's complex, and I could start with other novels that I'm interested in writing, easier to manage and also more linear. But I'm interested in starting with that. If I can't do it, then writing fiction isn't for me and there's no point in continuing to dream of being a writer. I think so.