i want to write fiction, i have ideas. How can i find out before i write a book, if anyone will publish it?
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well i have quite a few ideas for horror stories that i would like to write into books, i just want to know if there is a way i can find out if a publishing company would be interested in my ideas.
I totally understand where you are coming from. There are lots of writers out there that are not getting the kind of recognition they deserve because number one, they do not know where to turn to to get their stories across and number two, not everybody has the same level of thinking that they have – which of course results to them turning the book down.
Writers like you have every potential to get started on a publishing career. If you are looking for self-publishing companies to publish your book, I know of a few companies that practically holds court to everything a book needs from getting you your copyright, size preferences, book cover design customization, layout consultation, copyediting and even marketing – at affordable costs.
Publishing companies now have all the resources to publish books with the same productivity and efficacy as that of regular black and white books you see in physical bookstores. Considering the fact that most books are in full color, you should choose a publishing company whose book’s are of the highest quality, bar none.
The difference with self-publishing is that you happen to send in your materials to the publisher and they will do all the work for you depending on which program you are on. Publishing packages are very affordable and investing on getting your book published is a good start. It is best if you send in the entire manuscript and should not worry about protection because publishers have an agreement to not use your material without your consent.
I hope these helped. 
Nope. That is simply not the way it works with fiction. Writers have to make something profitable, and then sell it. Publishers have to protect themselves against the masses of ideas with no actual follow-through. Lots of people, while well-meaning, don’t actually finish a whole manuscript.
Non-fiction is another story, however.
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I don’t think you can. There are publishers who will give you a grant if you give them a chapter and summary of your story, but that only happens if you’ve already published before.
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Stephen King could probably sell a book has hasn’t written yet but he has a track record.
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You can’t. Publishing companies aren’t interested in ideas – they are interested in completed, polished novels. 999 out of 1000 people who start writing a book never finish it. Publishers simply won’t take the risk that you will be one of those 999 and not the 1 who will finish it.
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Writing first, then search for publishers…
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If you think you have an awesome idea, send out a detailed proposal, but you must then be able to back up that proposal with the talent and under a deadline.
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Short answer – you can’t, unless your name is Stephen King or Dean Koontz. That is, someone who has a track record of writing books that fly off the shelves can get paid for a book that he hasn’t written yet. You, unfortunately, have no such reputation, so your only option is to write a book and try to sell it.
The problem is that there are far more people who want to be paid for writing fiction than the market (as it’s currently structured) can support. All you need to write a book is a computer or a stack of paper and a pen, plus a lot of spare time. Publishers can therefore afford to be very choosy about which books they publish. If your book doesn’t appear to be just right, they’ll reject it. Any enquiry that begins "I have this really great idea for a book…" is heading straight for the circular file.
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I totally understand where you are coming from. There are lots of writers out there that are not getting the kind of recognition they deserve because number one, they do not know where to turn to to get their stories across and number two, not everybody has the same level of thinking that they have – which of course results to them turning the book down.
Writers like you have every potential to get started on a publishing career. If you are looking for self-publishing companies to publish your book, I know of a few companies that practically holds court to everything a book needs from getting you your copyright, size preferences, book cover design customization, layout consultation, copyediting and even marketing – at affordable costs.
Publishing companies now have all the resources to publish books with the same productivity and efficacy as that of regular black and white books you see in physical bookstores. Considering the fact that most books are in full color, you should choose a publishing company whose book’s are of the highest quality, bar none.
The difference with self-publishing is that you happen to send in your materials to the publisher and they will do all the work for you depending on which program you are on. Publishing packages are very affordable and investing on getting your book published is a good start. It is best if you send in the entire manuscript and should not worry about protection because publishers have an agreement to not use your material without your consent.
I hope these helped.
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Start dating a girl who’s dad is a publisher. LOL.
But really novels are no different than any other product. And your question essentially boils down to, "How can I find out, before I manufacture this product, whether anyone will buy it?" And yes, you CAN find the answer to that question BEFORE writing.
This is EXACTLY what Stephanie Meyer did, by the way, before writing the first line in Twilight. Her biography says that she just had a dream then wrote the book, but no one should be naive. She didn’t just sit down and write a best-selling series on a whim.
She knew that she wanted to write a gothic horror novel for teens and she had the basic idea. From there, she spent a LOT of time researching what was out there, what was popular and selling well, and what kinds of characters would be well-received. Then she spent a significant amount of time carefully planning her tale, so that it matched the formulas that successful teen novels use. And keep in mind that she was a B.A. English major since 1997, and she’d been ACTIVELY writing for over 13 years, plus another 4+ as a student. All of that is part of the preparation.
You probably read a lot of current, popular horror stories. If not, you must. You need to become familiar with their writing style. I’d even suggest transcribing some of their work, word for word, because that really helps you get a feel for the way they write. You should also read some really bad horror novels, and see if you can figure out why they don’t work as well. And then you should start identifying the formulas that the successful books are using. Identify the conflicts, what causes tension, and notice how the author successfully uses these to initially hook you and then keep you excited and interested.
Then you need to absolutely read up on writing techniques, how to make strong plots and characters. I would also highly recommend "The First 5 Pages" by Noah Lukeman, and "How Not To Write a Novel" by Mittelmark and Newman.
Then you need to research the publishers. Look at who publishes the novels you most enjoy. Find out their submission policies. Find out what kind of books they are looking for. If you really want to do your homework, find magazines that do reviews on horror books and contact them, trying to determine what kinds of stories they think readers are tiring of and what kinds of stories readers are becoming interested in.
It’s not unlike any other product in a free market. If you spend the time doing market research first, you CAN position yourself for success. Yes, it’s a lot of work, but that’s what separates the successful from the failures. If it wasn’t a lot of work, everyone would be doing it.
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