Post by account_disabled on Dec 28, 2023 3:36:12 GMT
It was precisely that definition, "good book", that pushed me to ask myself what a good book really is, a concept that risks being not only generic, but above all subjective. But is it really like that? In the reply comment I agreed with that publishing house, because I have often come across manuscript writers , to whom I dedicated an article last March. If an author doesn't understand at first glance that my site is not that of a publisher, I wonder what kind of books he could write. If I receive emails from self-styled writers full of stuff like "po" or worse, I don't want to hear about publishers not responding, because in their place I wouldn't respond. How to write a good book? But let's get to the point.
We need to understand how to write a good book , how to write a text that doesn't get trashed after a few pages, that doesn't send us to prison without passing the “Go” sign. We need to understand this objectively, above all. The publisher's comment gives us some help. Start from a good level of writing To write a good book you need to have good writing. But how do you Special Data achieve a good level of writing ? My feeling is that most writers who send manuscripts to publishing houses have never had even the slightest bit of feedback on their texts . Indeed, I am 100% convinced of this (see the article on the people of manuscript writers). Until several years ago, now I don't even remember how many, if I had sent some stories to a publisher, they would have been thrown away instantly. I reread those stories: they are terrible, story-wise and writing-wise.
I needed feedback and in fact I published stories on 2 literary forums and then also here on the blog. But it was also important to find beta readers . There is a gross mistake that many authors make today: they think that publishing has not changed for 2 centuries now. Now there are many who write and want to publish, there is a lot of competition and consequently there is also a lot of selection . Starting with a good level of writing allows us to be selected, rather than rejected. Content appreciated by readers Can we know the tastes of our future readers? No. What do we mean by content that readers appreciate ? content that is not only the story of the author's family, but which can be shared by readers. I remembered a book I wanted to write after I got out of the Army: War Diary 1992-1994 . In short, talk about my brief military experience. Luckily the project never started.
We need to understand how to write a good book , how to write a text that doesn't get trashed after a few pages, that doesn't send us to prison without passing the “Go” sign. We need to understand this objectively, above all. The publisher's comment gives us some help. Start from a good level of writing To write a good book you need to have good writing. But how do you Special Data achieve a good level of writing ? My feeling is that most writers who send manuscripts to publishing houses have never had even the slightest bit of feedback on their texts . Indeed, I am 100% convinced of this (see the article on the people of manuscript writers). Until several years ago, now I don't even remember how many, if I had sent some stories to a publisher, they would have been thrown away instantly. I reread those stories: they are terrible, story-wise and writing-wise.
I needed feedback and in fact I published stories on 2 literary forums and then also here on the blog. But it was also important to find beta readers . There is a gross mistake that many authors make today: they think that publishing has not changed for 2 centuries now. Now there are many who write and want to publish, there is a lot of competition and consequently there is also a lot of selection . Starting with a good level of writing allows us to be selected, rather than rejected. Content appreciated by readers Can we know the tastes of our future readers? No. What do we mean by content that readers appreciate ? content that is not only the story of the author's family, but which can be shared by readers. I remembered a book I wanted to write after I got out of the Army: War Diary 1992-1994 . In short, talk about my brief military experience. Luckily the project never started.