Feo Takahari
Auror
When you have several ideas for stories to write, and these stories have little in common with each other, what considerations should go into determining which to write first, and how important are these considerations? My initial list, in no particular order:
* Personal desire to write the story
* Promises to friends and family that they'll get to read the story
* Obligation to fans of previous stories in that setting or with those characters
* Degree to which the story is already complete
* Planned length of the story (shorter is quicker)
* Ease of researching information required for the story
* Ease of writing the story
* Marketability of the story's content
I'm assuming you don't try to write them all at the same time--that seems likely to end up with them all unfinished.
For now, my order is:
Near-complete, marketable story I've promised to someone
Unmarketable, difficult-to-write story I've promised to someone
Short, quick-to-write story in setting that already has (a few) fans
Story that was complete prior to a computer crash
Lengthy new story with high personal investment
Everything else
* Personal desire to write the story
* Promises to friends and family that they'll get to read the story
* Obligation to fans of previous stories in that setting or with those characters
* Degree to which the story is already complete
* Planned length of the story (shorter is quicker)
* Ease of researching information required for the story
* Ease of writing the story
* Marketability of the story's content
I'm assuming you don't try to write them all at the same time--that seems likely to end up with them all unfinished.
For now, my order is:
Near-complete, marketable story I've promised to someone
Unmarketable, difficult-to-write story I've promised to someone
Short, quick-to-write story in setting that already has (a few) fans
Story that was complete prior to a computer crash
Lengthy new story with high personal investment
Everything else