What to Begin Now?
It's time to start a new project. I'm finished with the rewrite of The Cradlerobbers, I'm expecting the copy-edit of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, but that won't take more than a week. Now what? I have an idea for an adult novel. I have an idea for a screenplay, and I have an idea for a children's series. I can't decide which to do. I've never written a screenplay, and it's entirely possible I'll suck at it. It could be a complete waste of time. On the other hand, I bet I could pound out a first draft in a month. The children's novel is also another long shot, but the idea is pretty cool, and who knows. It might sell. Stranger things have happened. I suppose I should begin the adult novel. It's scary though. The idea I have is bound to hurt people I'm close to (just like Impossible Pursuits, frankly). Starting a novel is also like setting off on a trip with no itinerary or return ticket. It could be a short trip, or you could find yourself stuck in Burkina Faso for years.
What to do, what to do?
posted by ayeletw @ 1/15/2005 03:08:00 PM
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I was just wondering this about writing-- not "where do you get your ideas?" but "How do you pick which idea to act on first/next?" As somebody who's never finished anything longer than a short story (unless you count a blog as a written entity), and who was struck down by indecisiveness right at the beginning of NaNoWriMo: knowing that you don't know how long a novel-length project will take, how do you decide which territory you're going to light out for?
Bleargh. I meant, "as someone who's never finished anything longer than a short story, etc. *I wonder* how you decide..." Since you've obviously finished many things longer than short stories.
Okay off to review the basic English-language sentence before attempting anything more ambitious.
the idea that won't go away is the one to tackle. you probably already know which it is. the one that kind of nags at you. the one about which you find yourself having fleeting ideas at the supermarket checkout and such. if there truly isn't one clear winner now, i say give yourself some time, relax, whatever. wait for one to refuse to go away. that's what i do. but then again, i'm an underachieving non-manic 26 year old semi-unpublished MFA loser, so.
xo elisa
Speaking firmly from the I, I would love to see a children's novel from you.
Try your hand at the screenplay.
You're right; you can probably knock out something substantial in a month or so. If it sucks, you've only wasted a month, and you can chalk it up to experience and move on. Nothing too entangling.
On the other hand, if it's good you'll find no shortage of folks in Hollywood more than willing to tell you so. They may never get the movie made, but their efforts to do so will become an ongoing little hubbub of positivity for you. It can be fun. Just don't get sucked into rewrites on spec.
Sounds like you really want to write the adult novel to me.
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