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I've been outlining an adult fantasy novel in the last few weeks. Over the weekend I was suddenly struck by a YA fantasy idea. I really like the idea and believe it has an interesting/original twist to it.
I'm excited to work on both stories, but first, I need to figure out which one I should focus my effort on.
The adult fantasy is going to be an epic saga, so there're a lot of plot lines and characters I'm still trying to put together. I know roughly the middle and the ending, but I'm still not sure where/how to start the story. In other words, it's going to be a while even before I can even start writing Book 1. That being said, the YA fantasy story is much easier to manage. But YA fantasy is a very hard sell right now. I feel I should wait until the market isn't so saturated. (Agent Hanna Bowman twittered that it was almost impossible to sell a YA fantasy in today's market; Agent Mary Moore says she has too many YA fantasy authors for clients at the moment, and so on).
What do you suggest?
I'm excited to work on both stories, but first, I need to figure out which one I should focus my effort on.
The adult fantasy is going to be an epic saga, so there're a lot of plot lines and characters I'm still trying to put together. I know roughly the middle and the ending, but I'm still not sure where/how to start the story. In other words, it's going to be a while even before I can even start writing Book 1. That being said, the YA fantasy story is much easier to manage. But YA fantasy is a very hard sell right now. I feel I should wait until the market isn't so saturated. (Agent Hanna Bowman twittered that it was almost impossible to sell a YA fantasy in today's market; Agent Mary Moore says she has too many YA fantasy authors for clients at the moment, and so on).
What do you suggest?