The one worth fighting for
- Jennifer Rae
- Sep 30, 2016
- 2 min read
This advertisement showed up on my Facebook today. It is ads like this which make me happy that Facebook allows advertisements because before I even finished reading it, I was so excited for it. I am a visual learner. When I write scenes, I picture it in my head. I act out scenes at my keyboard, repeating actions so I can describe the action in words. Visual mediums have always been a huge draw for me, but for some reason, I ended up looking to make my mark on the world with paper and pen.
The thought of being to sell my work to a movie publisher is exciting because in my head it is already a film. I see my characters moving through the sequences in real time, and I am just desperately trying to translate my mental images into words that do the scene justice. The bigger question for me was what work do I try and sell? Extol was always an option. In my mind, this series is the most commercially sound. Fantasy is so hot right now but is different enough that it shouldn't feel repetitive with what is already out there.
I never considered Analogue.
Visceral Urn was given a good look over. The rules for the competition clearly stated that the manuscript didn't need to be finished to be considered. I have about 25,000 words completed and a clear idea of where the story is going, but after some deeper thought, I decided not to follow through with it. Visceral is so experimental that I just don't think I have the stamina for the project to be considered in this different medium.
I decided on Extol (i can submit previously published work) when I remembered Cracked Valor. Something told me not just to dismiss Cracked Valor. It's a simple story that I can easily expand and twist to fit in with other people's ideas if I needed too. There was a lot more about Cracked that I am willing to sacrifice creatively if I needed too during negotiations but I think at its core, the story isn't something I want to obsessive over and fight for.
Extol is worth fighting for.
At the end of the day, that was the way I made my decision for which book I should submit. Which story can I discuss until the end of time? Which book had scenes do I feel so passionate about I would fight for them to exist? Extol has been almost three years in the making now, and I know it the best. All things considered, it seems obvious to me that Extol is the way to go.
So now I need a synopsis and do my best to sell the heck out of it. It is going to be a long wait until I know what is happening, but you need to be in it to win it. Who knows, maybe I can win on my first go. More likely, it will be a learning experience, and right now those things are just as important as writing.
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