Budding Authors

How to: Advise for a Budding Author
It is any authors dream to be published. They have written their work, and think that it is the best they can do. However, when it comes time for them to publish what they have done, many authors find that publishers do not print everything that comes across their desks. Most of what an author tries to get into print is rejected, especially new authors. This group has an even more difficult time getting work laid out onto paper because they as writers are unknown, with book companies wishing to release works from more well-known authors as the public knows the older writers are good and do not want to spend money on some ones work that they have never heard of. In order to become published a new writer should …show more content…
This is a fine quote made by a publisher himself. He is speaking from the inside about the fact that publishers now want books and stories that are so called blockbusters; ones that hit the top ten best seller lists and have the potential to be expanded into movies. This mostly works in favor of authors of series such as Harry Potter and others. That storyline has a vast expandable world that has been made into eight full length movies and now is spawning a spin off, in addition to merchandise. Most authors will never make anything remotely like this when they put pen to paper. But this is what publishing companies want from everyone who submits work to them. Thus, handling rejection is a very important ability that new authors need to develop. More times than not their work will be sent back with a letter saying that it was not what the company was looking for, if they even get a response. “Don’t take rejection personally: It's not about you, but the book, though I know it's often hard to make the distinction” (Rubie, …show more content…
By writing what appeals to them, the individuality of the writer is revealed. Even though published books seem to be falling into an almost cookie cutter design of what is accepted and printed and what is not, there are still many that do not stay in the main stream, and are different and fresh. Every writer is unique, but publishing houses want work that can only be made by adopting a human copying machine stance. This might be the simplest way to become a published writer, but so many authors are giving up their own unique ideas and story plots to churn out heaps of work that many before them have run into the ground, just to get published. Who knows how many beautiful novelettes have been cast aside, or how many blood curdling horror stories have been dumped, in the name of corporate ideal? So, it is very important for all story writers to write what they love, and never let go of what they want to make just to become a name on paper. There is a quote that fits particularly well into this idea “If it’s not worth doing, then it’s not worth doing well” (Anonymous). If doing the molded style of writing is not what the author wants to do, then they should not do