It is mainly about the relationships between the individual processes (e.g. in percent) Basic idea (setting, rough idea of the plot and characters, the genre, …) Formulation of the idea (concrete central theme, outline of the main characters, target group, etc., more or less what would be in an exposé) Plotting (character sheets, overview schemes…
What is the best path for new authors these days? Many publishers receive such huge amounts of unsolicited manuscript submissions that they often go unnoticed. I heard from a program planner at a Munich publishing house that they actually only acquire new authors through literary agencies and, of course, don't read the manuscript directly, but…
I find a variety of information online about standard pages. The only consistent one is 30 lines of 60 characters each. What settings regarding margins, headers and footers, paragraphs, fonts, etc. do you use to achieve this? Have you set up any extra goodies to make things easier for you? My goal is to set…
Hello, I have a question regarding your experiences with various publishers. Were there any publishers you were satisfied or dissatisfied with? Or publishers you worked with? I would like to submit a manuscript myself and would like to hear your opinions on different publishers. Thank you in advance.
Hello, I submitted a manuscript to Idea-Verlag Puchheim and received a contract. I'm new to this field and not very familiar with the publishing industry. Does anyone have experience with Idea-Verlag (https://www.idea-verlag.de/)? And is the attached contract a fair author's contract? Thanks for help!
What does "acceptance" mean for manuscripts? For example, if you want to have your manuscript reviewed by independent editors, these packages state "…processing time from acceptance." But what do they mean by that?
I've just finished writing a manuscript for a young adult novel, and I wanted to find out what the best way to get it in front of a publisher is. There are websites where anyone can submit their manuscript. Does that make sense? Or is it better to send it to various publishers?