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In the process of creating my book series (I am new and unpublished), I created several hundred characters including many characters I cannot use for the books. Some of these characters (including their settings and plots) may be worthy of full-feature, animated films. I understand the Shrek series of films began from a 32 page kids book called Shrek! (with the exclamation point). Although it was not intended as such, I think the book can be used as something of a sample of a potential screenplay; i.e. something beyond a movie treatment (that, if also released as a book, can provide proof of concept if sales are good).
I would like to, one day, put out an anthology of my characters (a collection of short books like Shrek!) and their mini-adventures to display a portfolio of my work (for future consideration of screenplay or character sales, if they do well). I have bigger interests, but I will leave it at these, for now.
For my books, I will create a blog. I would like to put some samples (without illustrations) of these characters and mini-adventures on it to: 1) realize the aforementioned; 2) help land an agent and publisher for my books; 3) help sell my books. These mini-adventures will focus on pre-school-age readers, but everyone is welcome to read.
Questions:
1. If I put these characters and mini-adventures online, as samples for anyone to read, what potential risks may I face (and what should I do to minimize these risks)? What if I add them to Patreon via my Blog (as incentive material for fans of my site to support me); i.e. would I lose a lot of potential sales of books and interest from full-feature-animation movie studios if I choose Patreon (or the new YouTube "Sponsor" feature when it is implemented outside of beta testing)?
2. What is the best (most-effiicient, without my being published,) route to take to realize my goals with these characters that may be worthy of full-feature-animation projects? I'd rather go the author route than any other means of doing this. Should I pitch the idea to a literary agent (anthology or as individual books)?
3) Would you recommend I have both the mini-adventures and treatments prepared, or just worry about the mini-adventures for now?
Thank you for any assistance to these queries. If anyone needs clarification, please ask.
In the process of creating my book series (I am new and unpublished), I created several hundred characters including many characters I cannot use for the books. Some of these characters (including their settings and plots) may be worthy of full-feature, animated films. I understand the Shrek series of films began from a 32 page kids book called Shrek! (with the exclamation point). Although it was not intended as such, I think the book can be used as something of a sample of a potential screenplay; i.e. something beyond a movie treatment (that, if also released as a book, can provide proof of concept if sales are good).
I would like to, one day, put out an anthology of my characters (a collection of short books like Shrek!) and their mini-adventures to display a portfolio of my work (for future consideration of screenplay or character sales, if they do well). I have bigger interests, but I will leave it at these, for now.
For my books, I will create a blog. I would like to put some samples (without illustrations) of these characters and mini-adventures on it to: 1) realize the aforementioned; 2) help land an agent and publisher for my books; 3) help sell my books. These mini-adventures will focus on pre-school-age readers, but everyone is welcome to read.
Questions:
1. If I put these characters and mini-adventures online, as samples for anyone to read, what potential risks may I face (and what should I do to minimize these risks)? What if I add them to Patreon via my Blog (as incentive material for fans of my site to support me); i.e. would I lose a lot of potential sales of books and interest from full-feature-animation movie studios if I choose Patreon (or the new YouTube "Sponsor" feature when it is implemented outside of beta testing)?
2. What is the best (most-effiicient, without my being published,) route to take to realize my goals with these characters that may be worthy of full-feature-animation projects? I'd rather go the author route than any other means of doing this. Should I pitch the idea to a literary agent (anthology or as individual books)?
3) Would you recommend I have both the mini-adventures and treatments prepared, or just worry about the mini-adventures for now?
Thank you for any assistance to these queries. If anyone needs clarification, please ask.
