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As a student in my creative writing class I was given many rules to abide by if I wanted to be published. After all editors and agents don’t like rule breakers which is true and false. Most of them have strict rules about what they want, some too strict. I have noticed that the story I’ve written and invested several months in isn’t really in at the moment. Meaning, the trends are going in the opposite direction of my type of work. Daily, I find myself greeted by the same submissions guidelines with the same exact words; character driven (BTW, which book isn’t?), high grade literary fiction (Are we talking about books or fuel here?), and chick-lit. In other words, they want another Harry Potter-Da Vinci Code-Remembering Alice concoction. Sorry, but I ain’t got one of those lying around! I’m not the next Anne Rice, or Dan Brown and don’t think I ever want to be. So what’s an author to do when your originality is being punished. I mean, I didn’t create something abstract, if I had, then I would understand the hesitation. Out of the thousands of publishing companies in this world I can’t seem to find one that’s not following these stupid trends.
The Dilemma
I understand that I have option of putting my work away until it’s hot again, or publishing it myself. I also, thought about writing to cater to the trends but got ill just thinking about it. I don’t want to be known as a cheap knock off of JK Rowling or Stephen King’s clone. Who does? We couldn’t afford Stephen, so here’s a contract! So I’m gonna throw this one out to you: When do you walk away from a project?
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06.09.10
You walk away from a project when it no longer supports your beliefs, has no benefit to you now or in the future, and or when your abilities are stifled by someone who has no place or authority to tell you how you should conduct yourself or profession.
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