3/15/2024 0 Comments Shahrzad series part 9It is, perhaps, more apt that we shouldn’t expect it to go anywhere. It isn’t that we shouldn’t try to write a novel when we’re starting out. It is good to remember that perhaps we should not try to write like ( insert your favorite A-list author here) until you know what ( same author) knows. And often it takes years of practice and study and near misses. ![]() Instincts that work are, in fact, grounded in the same principles that the newer writer has yet to internalize. It’s like asking a star high school pitcher to start a game in the major leagues… they can throw, but they aren’t ready yet. ![]() They land on an idea, and commit to it as a story - or in some cases, begin plotting the story as they write a draft, working solely from their instincts - from instinct that is uninformed, or at least under-informed. My hypothesis is this: Too many writers aren’t doing the work from an instinct, a storytelling muscle, that is strong enough. Let’s try to understand why that ratio-96 percent of submissions are rejected, while only 4 percent land an agent, and from there, only a fraction those land a publisher-is what it is.
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