Writing What You Want vs. Writing What is Publishable

by S.E. Jones

The two aren’t generally mutually exclusive, of course, but sometimes they feel like it. And sometimes you just write things because you want to.

Maybe they’re not all that publishable, or maybe they’re the wrong length. Maybe they’re the wrong type of story. Maybe you’re writing a vampire novel in an already over-saturated market. Maybe you really have a thing for westerns.