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<blockquote data-quote="PaulKemp" data-source="post: 3647159" data-attributes="member: 2809"><p>I haven't had any ideas shot down, but that may be because I have written primarily character-driven stories, where the "idea" is more about character evolution than an "gib event" type plot. I've never gotten an assignment, as such. The process has been much more organic. More like: I tell my editor I'm thinking this or that. And he says, that sounds pretty good. What about if you add that to this and this? And so on until we reach consensus So it's neither an assignment nor a formal pitch. More like an free form discussion.</p><p></p><p>That said, in my most recent trilogy, the process got reversed and my editor asked me whether I'd like to tackle a certain subject matter that seemed to fit with the previous books I had written (shades, shadow magic, and the like). I jumped at that and we had a discussion of the kind I described above to define the scope of the trilogy. On the whole, I suspect it's not unlike non-tie in author/editor creative discussions.</p><p></p><p>There are some limits on subject matter. WotC wants its books at a PG-13 level. So you won't see sex described as GRRM does it, but you'll see it. You'll see violence, but not say, torture or something like that. It's not really a hard and fast set of rules. I've seen the content restrictions shift a bit over my seven years in the line. </p><p></p><p>There are also rules associated with using the signature characters of other authors, and or shaking up the setting too much, etc., but because of the stories I've wanted to tell, I've never really bumped up against those boundaries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulKemp, post: 3647159, member: 2809"] I haven't had any ideas shot down, but that may be because I have written primarily character-driven stories, where the "idea" is more about character evolution than an "gib event" type plot. I've never gotten an assignment, as such. The process has been much more organic. More like: I tell my editor I'm thinking this or that. And he says, that sounds pretty good. What about if you add that to this and this? And so on until we reach consensus So it's neither an assignment nor a formal pitch. More like an free form discussion. That said, in my most recent trilogy, the process got reversed and my editor asked me whether I'd like to tackle a certain subject matter that seemed to fit with the previous books I had written (shades, shadow magic, and the like). I jumped at that and we had a discussion of the kind I described above to define the scope of the trilogy. On the whole, I suspect it's not unlike non-tie in author/editor creative discussions. There are some limits on subject matter. WotC wants its books at a PG-13 level. So you won't see sex described as GRRM does it, but you'll see it. You'll see violence, but not say, torture or something like that. It's not really a hard and fast set of rules. I've seen the content restrictions shift a bit over my seven years in the line. There are also rules associated with using the signature characters of other authors, and or shaking up the setting too much, etc., but because of the stories I've wanted to tell, I've never really bumped up against those boundaries. [/QUOTE]
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