tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post4485138277270658803..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: Being Trendy: Should You Write What's Hot?Janice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-75267080796150564502016-03-05T08:49:11.463-05:002016-03-05T08:49:11.463-05:00Chasing trends is tough. And you can't count o...Chasing trends is tough. And you can't count on making any money at all, let alone quick money. Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-31761381497415736022016-03-05T08:28:26.393-05:002016-03-05T08:28:26.393-05:00I would rather write the story in my heart- trend ...I would rather write the story in my heart- trend or no trend. However, knowing myself I have not yet developed the momentum to follow trend for the purpose of making quick money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578950808650402634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-14049493011491267932013-04-10T08:37:47.131-04:002013-04-10T08:37:47.131-04:00Tere, exactly! Better to just write the story your...Tere, exactly! Better to just write the story your love. Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-47142874082916109412013-04-09T17:09:36.863-04:002013-04-09T17:09:36.863-04:00So true! It takes me so long to write a whole nove...So true! It takes me so long to write a whole novel the trend would be over long before it hit the shelves. Even IF you finished a book in two months and sold it, by the time it's pubbed, another 18 months may go by. <br /><br />Good advice to keep close to your heart. <br /><br />Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-12896826700470566722010-07-17T04:13:17.787-04:002010-07-17T04:13:17.787-04:00Love this post! Thanks so much for sharing it...an...Love this post! Thanks so much for sharing it...and I totally agree. The list on how to choose between several ideas was great! THANKSChristine Fonsecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986034666903054819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-71526823877029430662010-07-17T04:09:28.458-04:002010-07-17T04:09:28.458-04:00I'm not a trend person. I don't think I wo...I'm not a trend person. I don't think I would ever write something because it was a trend, but I wouldn't not-write it because it was a trend either. I guess it is because writing is something I do because I love it rather than because I want it as a career so I write what I want and worry later about whether anyone will ever actually read it.<br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-39689080673260041872010-07-16T15:56:13.971-04:002010-07-16T15:56:13.971-04:00Feel free, Martina, and thanks!
Zombies are defin...Feel free, Martina, and thanks!<br /><br />Zombies are definitely a trend. I'm not sure how many have hit the shelves yet, but I see both folks talking about them and deal announcements all the time.Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-62601065092853247392010-07-16T13:28:07.308-04:002010-07-16T13:28:07.308-04:00Those are excellent points. I confess, I think the...Those are excellent points. I confess, I think there is probably less scope for zombies than for vampires, so perhaps that's why the trend arced more quickly? But I will definitely be giving this more thought.<br /><br />I love Carradee's point about factoring in skill-level. I think so few writers consider that when they approach an idea. I've been struggling with a story that was way out of my skill level, but being stubborn, I've been trying to raise my skill level to do it justice. I think I'm on rewrite number 47. If I'd had the brains to put that one on the back-burner, done a few more to get some distance under my belt, and then come back to it, I'd probably be be less neurotic right now. Or maybe not. As you said, we have to go with what we're passionate about.<br /><br />Hope you don't mind if Marissa and I include this in next Friday's weekly round-up of best articles for writers!<br /><br />Thanks for the food for thought!<br /><br />MartinaMartina Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358736828122139189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-8081682587086798002010-07-16T12:57:30.043-04:002010-07-16T12:57:30.043-04:00Zombies was a trend? O_O I seem to have missed t...Zombies was a trend? O_O I seem to have missed that. I thought the <em>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</em> was part of a trend to, um, <strong>adjust</strong> classics. I've seen far more people claiming zombies are/have been a trend than I've seen zombie books.<br /><br />I also factor in "Do I have the skill yet to accomplish what I want to with this idea?" There's one that I'm not sure. I still tried my hand at it, last NaNoWriMo, and learned the hard way that a novel full of sociopaths should NEVER be a primary project for long spurts.<br /><br />That said, I have written to trends... but more because I wanted to see something else within a trend, and decided to write it. Those things still haven't been done, that I've found, so I figure I'm okay.Carradeehttp://mistiwolanski.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-48055462692350007202010-07-16T12:33:44.587-04:002010-07-16T12:33:44.587-04:00You have a lot of great advice here. Like you said...You have a lot of great advice here. Like you said, at the end of the day, writing the book that's in your heart is what's important. <br /><br />Great post!Remilda Graystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649300813621588790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-77925560483979060322010-07-16T12:25:42.116-04:002010-07-16T12:25:42.116-04:00Great advice. And by the time most of us wrote and...Great advice. And by the time most of us wrote and polished a book based on trends, the market would be way flooded. At least for me. I think it's better to write what you're inspired to write.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.com