For the newbie, writing books and how to get them published in demand are not as easy as pie. Just to get ideas of what people are interested in is already difficult, moreover when you have to promote it. But it does not mean you have no chance to reach success. Here are 13 quick tips for writers you can follow:
1. To be a writer, you must be willing to learn, ready to be rejected, and prepared to work hard.
2. The better you are, the more you have to learn. Be low profile and teachable!
3. Be wise in selecting reliable online resources that meet your needs. Avoid random searching as it wastes time.
4. To get connected to major publishers are not easy at all. Be sure you have been followed by thousands of people to meet the luck.
5. Beware of publishers promising to help you publish your book but requiring you to pay some money. They can gain their own profit even if your book is really never published.
6. Self-publishing is indeed easier, cheaper, and faster but remember that the responsibility is 100% yours. If you believe in this way, be confident, work hard and you will get good return.
7. If you prefer self-publishing, PLEASE do your best to make a good product. Be sure you make no typos, grammatical errors, very homemade covers, or bad writing.
8. However you will publish your book, find a reliable editors to help you locate errors or minuses in your book. Trifling mistakes can ruin your work. Get prepared with more than one editor to prevent from the gone beyond mistakes.
9. Print-On-Demand is the most affordable way to self-publish. Amazon's Createspace is recommended. It is user-friendly, has excellent service, and is linked to Kindle, so you can also put it up easily on e-book.
10. Pay attention on the extras. Great content means nothing if your cover or biography is poor. Think of them too.
11. Create a great cover. Though poets say do not judge a book by its cover, people do. People would not scan for books content on Amazon, rather observing their covers. They like the more attractive ones better.
12. Do not give in to rejection. Top-selling authors had got used to it. Keep learning and improving your work, and go ahead!
13. Make no excuse for poor quality. If you want to write, do your best. Let the whole world know your works deserved their reading.
Those are the 13 applicable quick tips that can help you start you career in writing. If you find them helpful, add to my list! It's always great to learn from other people; especially those who have walked some steps further and gain better achievements than us. Let us know what we have missed in our points of view.
At last, follow those writing advice. Have a great writing adventure! We wish you a great, never-ending fame and success.
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