I have never had anything published before. Hell, I've never even finished a proper novel-length piece of fiction before. Short things cranked out as pathetic wish fulfilment over a week or two, yes. But never a novel.
Which is why I am, understandable, nervous about my upcoming writing project. You see, by all counts this story that I have mapped out in my head is impossible to fit into one novel without rushing through it and completely dropping many of the finer plot points.
Now this could be a problem. Being a new writer, as I will be if and when the first novel of this story eventually forces itself from my stubby, uncertain fingers, I feel the need to ask: how difficult is it, logically, to get a trilogy published when you have never written anything professionally before?
Because I've had the makings of this story in the back of my mind ever since the time I had my first boyfriend (a good few years ago by my count) and have worked up finer details of it since then until right now I have something that only needs minor tweaking in the exact narrative for it to be half-way passable as a proper story.
But it being at least a trilogy will, I assume, put a severe damper on my chances of ever getting Book 1 published, correct?
For further value, be aware that I do have a contingency plan and can, if needed, condense some things and change tactics significantly to the point where it could, in a heavily altered form, fit the same basic premise into a single stand-alone novel.
Though I do hope to only have to do that if there is simply no other option remaining.
So... yes, what level of handicap will I be facing if I write this thing in full as I intend as several books, in terms of getting it eventually published?
P.S: For anyone who tells me it's too early to worry about publishing... I don't care. I like to get all my worrying out of the way first, that way there's less chance of my subconscious springing new mental horrors on my part-way through the process.
Which is why I am, understandable, nervous about my upcoming writing project. You see, by all counts this story that I have mapped out in my head is impossible to fit into one novel without rushing through it and completely dropping many of the finer plot points.
Now this could be a problem. Being a new writer, as I will be if and when the first novel of this story eventually forces itself from my stubby, uncertain fingers, I feel the need to ask: how difficult is it, logically, to get a trilogy published when you have never written anything professionally before?
Because I've had the makings of this story in the back of my mind ever since the time I had my first boyfriend (a good few years ago by my count) and have worked up finer details of it since then until right now I have something that only needs minor tweaking in the exact narrative for it to be half-way passable as a proper story.
But it being at least a trilogy will, I assume, put a severe damper on my chances of ever getting Book 1 published, correct?
For further value, be aware that I do have a contingency plan and can, if needed, condense some things and change tactics significantly to the point where it could, in a heavily altered form, fit the same basic premise into a single stand-alone novel.
Though I do hope to only have to do that if there is simply no other option remaining.
So... yes, what level of handicap will I be facing if I write this thing in full as I intend as several books, in terms of getting it eventually published?
P.S: For anyone who tells me it's too early to worry about publishing... I don't care. I like to get all my worrying out of the way first, that way there's less chance of my subconscious springing new mental horrors on my part-way through the process.
