"In a world where people no longer believe in fairy tales, a young man begins a journey to find dragons; the only creatures that can end a great war."Well, I didn't get nearly as far in my "dummy book" as I'd hoped to get. 15 pages. Still working on it though.
As it stands now, I'm trying to decide whether to illustrate the first act entirely, or just a single scene; before trying to find an agent and sending it out to publishers. I want to have the strongest story proposal possible, but I wonder if illustrating the ENTIRE first act might be overkill. I originally thought it'd be a good idea because it sets up the characters and shows what kind of story it'll be. But I'd hate to do all of that work, only to revise something at a later date because of publisher/editor feedback.
In other news, I did a quick concept painting. It's one of the main images that I had in mind when I was figuring out the premise to the story. I also re-worked the dragon hieroglyphic in Adobe Illustrator to make it all professional and stuff. Now I can put it on T-shirts and my car!
3 comments:
I like the painting, very epic!
I can't wait to see the logo on your car!
I would think a single scene should provide enough support to indicate style and approach. It's all the other items that are essential, story, premise and controlling idea. Background on primary characters would also be important.
As always, story is the primary selling feature ... and what makes your story unique.
Nice! You should update and tell how everyone at the critique was amazed by the amount and the quality of book dummy you did have to show. It really is awesome!
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