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Process Question
slrogers:
You guys are both stinking awesome. -- I can only add that, from my experience, it's tougher if your stupid. Having had to build all of the talents necessary and keep track of it all, I deeply admire those that get it done. ... It sounds like there is a lot more pressure to have it perfect as it goes out the door when you go through a publisher. When you publish yourself it sounds like it's more difficult building an audience.
Paynesgrey:
It is... from what I've read, strictly self-published authors don't even start to get readers beyond their immediate circles of friends/facebook/etc until they've got 3 or 4 books out there. Folks see one or two books by a no-name, they're not as likely to risk a couple bucks. They see 4 or more... they're more likely to take that no-name seriously. Plus, each work you do that folks like can lead them to the other stuff you've done. More work lets you cast a wider net for a variety of reasons.
Personally, I'm shooting for the hybrid approach. Shorts go to the slush piles of the appropriate magazines. Novellas I self-publish, because I want to get some stuff out there and learn from the feedback, plus, I just gotta share those stories, but few if any pro-level agents are interested in starting with a no-name who's just got a novella or two. The actual novel (which is being prepped to send to my copy editor) I'll shop to pro agents. If none nibble, then I'll self publish it.
Quantus:
Random but entertaining story related to the topic at hand:
As the story goes Bandon Sanderson was supposed to deliver the 2nd Alloy of Law mistborn novel. He started outlining the next two books to get his path straight, got really exited about the Book 3 stories, and ended up writing the entire thing as a warm-up to book 2. So his deadline comes to deliver Book 2, and he drops off both...
Say what you will about his works, the man can churn out the pages like few Ive ever seen.
Farmerbob1:
10,000 words a day is doable for a good writer in the groove. For a few highly active writers, it's the norm.
slrogers:
Perhaps you mean 1,000 words per day... if my math is correct 10,000 words per day would be about two books per month. 1,000 words per day might be on the order of three books per year. Of course it all depends on the size of the book. Brandon Sanderson might do a couple times that, but I don't think it's as high as 10,000 per day.
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