Don't send your book to beta readers.īeta readers, people who read your book and give you feedback before you publish, can help transform your manuscript from mediocre to excellent. I know you're excited about sharing your hard work, but there is still a lot to do. This is why busy agents will openly encourage writers to participate in programs like NaNoWriMo, but also politely ask them to not send their manuscripts to them as soon as November ends. Some literary agents even have a policy that a rejection on a manuscript is a rejection from the agency as a whole. Submitting your manuscript before it's ready could lead to permanently burning a bridge. If you want to get published, don't send your book to any of the following people yet: In a nutshell, here's what to avoid after you write a book-for now. There's still work to be done! You're going to want to make some revisions before that first novel, even if it's a decent first draft, becomes a great book. However, very few-if any-finished books are good books after a first draft.įor this reason, the first step you take after finishing a book is not announce you're done on social media before quickly heading to Kindle books or Amazon to self-publish it, or a publishing house or literary agency in search of representation. New writers are usually eager to send off their book or short stories as soon as they finish them. What You Shouldn't Do After You Write a Book In this post, we'll talk about what comes after you write a book.īut before we talk about what you should do, let's talk for a moment about what you should avoid after writing your book.
And if this is your first time, you're probably looking for advice on what to do next. In fact, finishing your book is just the beginning. But once it was done, I had to figure out what to do next.īecause when you finish writing your book, you're not really finished.
You can read my updates about how I finished writing my book and what I learned about the writing process here. To incentivize me, my friends Jeff Goins and Tim Grahl and a few others challenged me to write a $1,000 check to the presidential candidate I despised the most on the condition that it would get sent if I didn't finish my book by the deadline. Some years back, I started my first book. In this article, I'll break down the next steps you should focus on now (and which ones you shouldn't focus on right now, but save for much later, or even not at all). But you don't need to do all of them right away. Should you do all of this? Or none of it?Īll of these are important parts of the writing and publishing process. You're not alone.ĭo you look into self-publishing? Or maybe it's time to look for a literary agent? Or should you hire an editor to double check your formatting? If this is your first book, or first book that you've finished, you're probably asking all of these questions. You're thinking, “I wrote a book! Now what?” You stayed up late, got up early, pushed through writer's block, and finally, you finished writing your entire book.
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