Not sure where's the best place on the forum for this, but it seems like a good question for an agent.
I'm an experienced writer who's been out of the game for a while. Getting back into it with my first novel and pretty happy with the way it's going so far. Trouble I'm having is that the overall plot is huge. It's a science fiction world hopper involving 12 1/2 different worlds (there's a reason). I can probably rush it and squeeze it all into a decent word count, but I know it would be lacking. I can see it being a trilogy, but I can also see aproaching it as a series of stand alones with a continuous plot. Question is, how does this effect my chances of being published as a debut novel?
I'm an experienced writer who's been out of the game for a while. Getting back into it with my first novel and pretty happy with the way it's going so far. Trouble I'm having is that the overall plot is huge. It's a science fiction world hopper involving 12 1/2 different worlds (there's a reason). I can probably rush it and squeeze it all into a decent word count, but I know it would be lacking. I can see it being a trilogy, but I can also see aproaching it as a series of stand alones with a continuous plot. Question is, how does this effect my chances of being published as a debut novel?