November is National Novel Writing Month. Do you plan to participate? Do you know someone else who is? If so, will the project(s) be crowdfunded? Share your plans and goals for crowdfunding NaNoWriMo here.
Accidental books can be interesting. Shell was such a wonderful, wrenching story. I remember you poking around a bit at possible sequels and how it didn't quite come together at the time. More would be most welcome!
Some people are more interested in sharing their work, and hopefully making at least a little money from it, than trying to pitch often-unusual ideas to mainstream publishers. Among the models I've seen in NaNoWriMo include
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>>I tend to write scenes and chapters out of order,<<
*laugh* So do I! The consensus timespace continuum never has a really firm grip on me, and when I leave it to go watch things in another universe, it's always a challenge to unpack the souvenirs in order. I have to assemble them on the page as I go, and hope I get it right.
>> so I don't see this working for me. Otherwise it sounds like a good idea, and the extra motivation and moral support would be very helpful. <<
If the chapter-by-chapter model doesn't work for you, that's okay. There are other options. You could just put up a tip jar and post excerpts that stand alone well enough to be entertaining. You post the story in whatever order you get it, and let people tip if they want extra scenes added. You could start discussing this with your audience now and see if they have other ideas that might work for you. Crowdfunding has a zillion different methods because creative people don't all work the same way.
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*laugh* So do I! The consensus timespace continuum never has a really firm grip on me, and when I leave it to go watch things in another universe, it's always a challenge to unpack the souvenirs in order. I have to assemble them on the page as I go, and hope I get it right.
>> so I don't see this working for me. Otherwise it sounds like a good idea, and the extra motivation and moral support would be very helpful. <<
If the chapter-by-chapter model doesn't work for you, that's okay. There are other options. You could just put up a tip jar and post excerpts that stand alone well enough to be entertaining. You post the story in whatever order you get it, and let people tip if they want extra scenes added. You could start discussing this with your audience now and see if they have other ideas that might work for you. Crowdfunding has a zillion different methods because creative people don't all work the same way.
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