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FROM AN ACTUAL BOOK, which is already in production (published by another POD publisher, of course):
"Chapter 2: When Things Go Right
Chapter 3: When Things Go Warong"
Warong indeed. Hoy's column is an ongoing feature, so be sure to click the links to previous hilarious installments.
Now, I'm all for encouraging people to try writing. But how about practicing writing just for fun and self-education, before you launch your professional writing career?
The saying goes, it takes ten years to become a skilled writer. (It took me slightly longer to get my first novel published.) I think people who fail either do not try hard enough, or get their goals confused.
You're allowed to write the way you want. But you're not entitled to get it published. To get published, certain formal requirements must be met:
1. The work must interest the publisher, i.e. not be too dull;
2. It must be up to professional standards of spelling, grammar and style;
3. It must be finished work.
Most people who fail at writing ignore one or several of the above. Don't be one of them.
1. Send only interesting work to the proper publisher(or agent);
2. Make sure all spelling and grammar is correct
(Yes, you can experiment a bit, but you gotta learn the rules before you break them, comprende?)
3. First and foremost, send finished work.
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