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Best thing to do is contact publishers and send them a copy of your work - proof read it first to make sure the grammar and spelling are up to scratch and then develop a thick skin because even J K Rowling was knocked back quite a few times before Bloomsbury took Harry Potter on...
Most publishers won't even get to read your manuscript for a long time and if they do, it's the first couple of pages and then they reject you. Make it unique and different and perhaps you'll grab their attention enough for them to sit up and notice.
Keep trying though - no matter how many knockbacks you get. And implement any constructive criticism they give you because it may help you win another publisher over.
Best thing to do is contact publishers and send them a copy of your work - proof read it first to make sure the grammar and spelling are up to scratch and then develop a thick skin because even J K Rowling was knocked back quite a few times before Bloomsbury took Harry Potter on...
Most publishers won't even get to read your manuscript for a long time and if they do, it's the first couple of pages and then they reject you. Make it unique and different and perhaps you'll grab their attention enough for them to sit up and notice.
Keep trying though - no matter how many knockbacks you get. And implement any constructive criticism they give you because it may help you win another publisher over.
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Triz its angel, not angle. Oh and is it going to be a short story or a full blown take me an hour to read 100 page long thing. or 200 page...etc
Triz its angel, not angle. Oh and is it going to be a short story or a full blown take me an hour to read 100 page long thing. or 200 page...etc
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Nice you do know one page takes a few days to check it and fit it in right?
Nice you do know one page takes a few days to check it and fit it in right?
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Well... This is a rough draft. I'm also have a lay-out that's going to happen. It is call,"Graffiti War". Not based on me, but I took the things I know graffiti and started making it to a book. I also am thinking about starting another one... based on Final Fantasy 7. Anyways, "Graffiti War" is about a boy who everyone thinks he brunet down his own house, but he didn't. He is being frame... And he is trying to figure out who did it. It's hard to explain... but I'm still writing the rough draft on paper, then when I'm done, I'm going to ask people if they like it or not. Then if it's good, I'm doing it on computer. Then comes the publishing and then MONEY!!!! :lol:
Well... This is a rough draft. I'm also have a lay-out that's going to happen. It is call,"Graffiti War". Not based on me, but I took the things I know graffiti and started making it to a book. I also am thinking about starting another one... based on Final Fantasy 7. Anyways, "Graffiti War" is about a boy who everyone thinks he brunet down his own house, but he didn't. He is being frame... And he is trying to figure out who did it. It's hard to explain... but I'm still writing the rough draft on paper, then when I'm done, I'm going to ask people if they like it or not. Then if it's good, I'm doing it on computer. Then comes the publishing and then MONEY!!!! :lol:
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corrected a few errors, trying to be as constructive as I can but good.
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corrected a few errors, trying to be as constructive as I can but good.
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If you're going to make a story based on something that already exists, check you won't be infringing on any copyrights - it's one thing to be inspired by FF but quite another to write a story about FF - even basing a story on the characters or story might be copyright infringement too.
If you're going to make a story based on something that already exists, check you won't be infringing on any copyrights - it's one thing to be inspired by FF but quite another to write a story about FF - even basing a story on the characters or story might be copyright infringement too.
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Depends where it goes as ...well some people will sue anything. You know?
Depends where it goes as ...well some people will sue anything. You know?
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yea. It was going to have something to do with Zack and Cloud and Tifa. Those were going to be a key that sorta feel in somethings in Final Fantasy 7. I wasn't come out and say it like," These are the people from the FF7 game". I was going to be smooth...like this," As I come around the corner, I saw a spiky headed man with blond hair. He had a HUGE sword. He must be a poser. He went in a bar called,' Seventh Haven'" and things like that.
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yea. It was going to have something to do with Zack and Cloud and Tifa. Those were going to be a key that sorta feel in somethings in Final Fantasy 7. I wasn't come out and say it like," These are the people from the FF7 game". I was going to be smooth...like this," As I come around the corner, I saw a spiky headed man with blond hair. He had a HUGE sword. He must be a poser. He went in a bar called,' Seventh Haven'" and things like that.
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Using any names or likeness of any existing characters can cause you to be sued.
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Using any names or likeness of any existing characters can cause you to be sued.
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Seriously, do some research - find out what the legal limits are and if writing is important enough to you, then it'll be worth all the extra work. However, writing is not quick money - nor easy money - so if you want it to be a regular income for you when you're older, I'd suggest you get yourself a day job to tide you over.
It is very rare that someone gets published AND makes a fortune or even enough to live on.
Seriously, do some research - find out what the legal limits are and if writing is important enough to you, then it'll be worth all the extra work. However, writing is not quick money - nor easy money - so if you want it to be a regular income for you when you're older, I'd suggest you get yourself a day job to tide you over.
It is very rare that someone gets published AND makes a fortune or even enough to live on.
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That probably only happen to J.K. Rollings. :lol: I just need some money. I have, almost, 3 jobs. I make (bet) money on my own basketball team, I mowed lawns, and do graffiti. (Which is almost a job in my terms) Besides I'm 13. I can't work for real.
I will look it up.
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That probably only happen to J.K. Rollings. :lol: I just need some money. I have, almost, 3 jobs. I make (bet) money on my own basketball team, I mowed lawns, and do graffiti. (Which is almost a job in my terms) Besides I'm 13. I can't work for real.
I will look it up.
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I take it you mean J.K Rowling? :lol:
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I take it you mean J.K Rowling? :lol:
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Her too. :lol: Some kids at school (When I began writing it) said that is was really cool... I thought I sucked. I didn't think my intro in the book was good... :'(
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Her too. :lol: Some kids at school (When I began writing it) said that is was really cool... I thought I sucked. I didn't think my intro in the book was good... :'(