Choosing a New Writing Project

[jakobdrud]

… is pretty much like choosing a new day job. I know I'll spend a lot of time on the next project--even more if you count the hours I'll be thinking about the project without writing. So I want to pick the right one: The one that's most fun to write, and the one that's most likely to sell. (Well, who doesn't want a fun job that pays the bills?) I

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[ex_naomi_ja]

I like the sound of the Shadow Lens, but I am an urban fantasy junkie!

[jakobdrud]

I think I could wring something good from this idea. It's the least developed idea I have, and I don't have time to research surveillance in schools before NaNoWriMo begins... But I guess that's just the kind of problems I'd encounter with any project :-)

[threeoutside]

Jeez, those all sound wonderful! Here's me, committed to NaNoWriMo again (after a several-year hiatus after four successive failures) with not a single idea for a plot. Just four very sketchy character descriptions...*trembles*

[jakobdrud]

Thanks. Ideas are easy for me, it's the characters that are most problematic for me :-) I'm sure you'll have some great ideas once you throw yourself at the project!

[maryjdal]

Wow, they all sound good. If I had to choose - I think it would be The Shadow Lens. Best with your next project -

[jakobdrud]

Thanks for your input :-)

[jakobdrud]

I did that with my first novel. It ended up as a printout with many, many handwritten notes in the margins, which I kept in a plastic bag. Later my baby daughter threw up in that bag... It was about that time I started writing short stories ;-)