Boost Your Business: Publish A Book
Publishing a book is a great way to boost your business and future prospects. But it isn't easy. There are a lot of steps that go into the process which all require commitment, work, and time. Let's break down the steps you'll need to take in order to hit your publishing dreams as soon as possible. This way, you'll be able to get started on your book as soon as possible.
1. Write Your Book
This one is a given. But it doesn't just involve sitting down and starting to type. You have to have a plan for your book from the moment you sit down to write. An idea of the tone, what you'll talk about, and the general purpose of writing it all come into play when you're outlining your book. Having a plan will help keep you on track and make sure that nothing gets left out or over looked in the process of writing your book overall.
1.1 Have An Idea What You Want To Talk About
This is a big one. If you don't know what you want to talk about, then your book is going to end up being an incoherent mess. You need to be able to write down the topics you want to talk about in your book along with the chapter numbers and topics that they'll be in such as "Chapter 1: Introduction". This will help organize your thoughts so that you're not going off all over the place too much in your writing.
1.2 Brainstorm
You now want to start brainstorming. You don't have to write down everything at this point, just ideas that come to mind as you think about what you want to talk about. If there are topics that you know you're interested in talking about and already have some thoughts on how you're going to go about them, then those should be the first things that pop into your head as you brainstorm. For example, I know I'm interested in working with puppies and dogs so, when I'm brainstorming ideas while writing my book, I probably get a few thoughts like "handling dog bites", "how dogs feel after surgery", etc.
1.3 Outline
Now that you have a decent amount of thoughts going through your head, it's time to bring out the big guns and start to organize those ideas. Take those notes and put them into an outline format so that you can make sure the topics in your book flow together well and create a chapter outline. This way, when you're writing the actual book, you'll know what will come next in terms of content without having to spend too much time trying to remember or figure out where you were going with that whole "dog surgery" thing you were talking about earlier.
2. Write Your Book
This is the part where you actually write your book. You get to sit down and type out all of your ideas and thoughts on paper exactly how you want them to come across in the final form, too. If you're trying to write a fiction novel, then this part will take a long time as it is. However, for non-fiction books, like this one about writing a book, it takes a bit less time because there isn't as much creative work that goes into the writing like there is with fiction novels.
2.1 Set Aside Some Time For Writing
The best way to start off on your book is by simply setting aside some time for writing each day or week. If you only have a set period of time, like 30 minutes each day, then you'll need to make sure that you use that exact amount of time writing each day. If you don't set aside some time for the writing portion and just wait until it comes up in your schedule, then you might find yourself sitting down and working on it for 4 hours straight and not really getting anywhere. There will always be distractions or other things to do that may end up taking away from your writing time so, if this is something that really means a lot to you and that you want to see get done, then it's best to just block off a little bit of time each day or week and stick with it.
2.2 Get Dirty With Editing
Once you've sat down and written your book, that's when the real work begins. This is the part where you start to edit and proofread what you've already written so that it's as good as it can possibly be. You want to make sure that everything that you write makes sense, is understandable, flows well, and is grammatically correct. This will help make your book more appealing to readers, improve its chances of being accepted for publication, and will help encourage others to read it as well if you're going after a potential publishing contract with it.
3. Submit Your Manuscript To Publishers
You've now written your book and put it through multiple rounds of editing. That's when you need to get the manuscript submitted to publishers. There are essentially two different ways that you can do this…either through a traditional publisher or by publishing yourself. Either way, you need to make sure that the manuscript is as good as it possibly can be because it will be the first impression everyone sees when they start reading your book. If your manuscript was rejected, then there's no guarantee that it'll definitely get a second chance at being published since there's a chance that they may not even see it at all and go right on to someone else's manuscript if they're not interested in yours.
3.1 Submit To Traditional Publishers
If you're looking for a traditional publisher to possibly publish your book, then you'll need to go through a publishing house that employs a manuscript submission service (also referred to as an agent) or have a professional agent send it on their behalf.
The "Modern Guide To Proofreading A Book" by Chris Crawford, who is the Professional Editor at Typesetter.com and is known for being the editor of "People Who Write About Harry Potter", has a section in his book about getting your manuscript ready for submission to publishers. It also talks about what he does when he's writing his own books and how he goes about submitting them to publishers. You can read it here:
You'll want to make sure that your manuscript that you submit to the publisher is completely perfect with no errors in the first round. If your manuscript has errors, then you could end up getting rejected before you even get a chance of seeing any kind of rejection from the publisher. If that's the case, then you may want to consider paying for some editing services or taking your manuscript to a professional editor yourself.
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Conclusion
You now know what an editor does and how you can become one. Hopefully you will have a better understanding of what is expected from editors and their role in the publishing industry as well. If you want to learn more about editing, proofreading, or writing a book from the professional editor at Typesetter.com, Chris Crawford, he's been kind enough to provide the following link for your convenience:
Disclaimer: The Modern Guide To Proofreading A Book by Chris Crawford is published byTypesetter.com and they will pay me a commission if you purchase it through my website.