From that first idea to the final product, writing can be broken down into steps:
- Outlining/drafting
- Shelving/editing/beta reading
- Market research
- Submissions
- Team review
- Publication
- Marketing
Let's look at those more closely.
- Outlining/drafting:
- Outline with Notecarding
- The Snowflake Method
- 8 Ways to Outline a Novel
- NaNoWriMo Prep Talk
- How to Start a Novel
- How to Write Picture Books
- Shelving/editing/beta reading
- Quick Guide to Beta Reader Etiquette
- What Happens After the First Draft?
- How to Know It's Time to Shelve Your Novel
- How to Revise Your Novel
- Michael J. Sullivan on types of editing
- Market research
- Find short story markets with The Submissions Grinder
- Michael J. Sullivan talks about Indie v. Traditional publishing
- Submissions
- Manuscript Format
- Formatting Your Picture Book Manuscript
- How to write a Query Letter
- Send your Query to Query Shark for Critique
- 8 Steps to an Agent and 2 Book Deals
- The best time to query an agent
- Short Story Cover Letter
- Team review
- Publication
- Self-publish with: IngramSpark
- Self-publish with: CreateSpace
- Checklist for Publishing
- Mythbusting Amazon Algorithms
- Self-publishing Resources
- Marketing
Ready for more? Here are websites with more great resources:
- Kidlit411 - How-to's and inteviews with authors and illustrators of Picture Books, Middle Grade, YA, etc.
- Writers Helping Writers - Thorough advice on a little bit of
- KrisWrites - Great indie blog that questions the established "wisdom" of traditional publishing
- Query Shark - No sugar-coating here; critiques queries.
- National Novel Writing Month - Free yearly event
- Writability - Tips and tricks from a YA author
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