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Can you please explain the whole book writing process in steps?
Can you please explain everything in detail from writing the book to publishing, to having money come in the mail?
All Answers To QuestionsAnswer 1
Yes, but the answer is lengthy.
Go here and start reading with post #1: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6710 Answer 2
Traditional publishing:
1.Get a story idea.
2. Create a cast of characters that best fit the story
3. Think up a bunch of mini-conflicts the characters have to overcome to help get from the starting point to the final conflict
4. Using my basic story line and the characters I created I write the first uncorrected draft(in no particular order- sometimes ending first or the other way around. Each one is different and has a life of its own.
5. Then I usually end up scrapping the first draft and rewrite it with better plot twists and such.
6.OK. So now I'm happy with my story, but not the way I wrote it.
7. Revision. Revision. And more revision. I edit the living heck out of it until I have something good enough to present to publishers for consideration.
8. Find the right publishers for the genre. http://duotrope.com or the Writer's Market is good for that.
9. Send out my queries or manuscript with a proper cover letter and cross my fingers.
10. Receive a whole bunch of rejection letters. This is unfortunately the reality of the market, even for the really good writers w/ other published works.
11. Most first novels end at step 10, forcing the writer to start at 1 again or self publish(this is a whole other process). But let's say "Yeay...I finally got a contract". Now the manuscript goes back into the revision process as your assigned editor will most likely butcher the living crap out of it. And the back and forth between the two begins.
12. Finished, the cover and title are finalized and it is printed/ e-booked, ISBN assigned. You get your first check w/ the forward payment.
13. Now you have to sell it. Not all publishers will do the footwork for you. You might need to hire a publicist, do public signings, get involved in book fairs and such. This is an exhausting step.
14. Sit back and hope the public bites as you start your next project to take your mind off of the anticipation of how well it will do.
15. Watch as the first meager royalty payments start rolling in. In most cases, the writer has an alternate primary job for a reason. Unlike what a majority of people think. It is VERY DIFFICULT to make it solely as a writer. But then again, true writers do it for enjoyment, published or not. People who do it only for the money? Chances are that they don't really have it in them in the first place and struggle for nothing.
If you are asking because you want to write then do it for that alone and devote yourself to it. That is the only way to succeed. But if you are asking if you will make piles of money, that is unlikely. Know there are other jobs out there that pay much much more. Answer 3
No, because it is much too long. There are a number of books in your library that will do exactly what you have requested - and they will furnish addresses and further information. I'd suggest you check out your local library and ask the librarian to help you << GO BACK to questions
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