How Get Noticed By Editors Publishers Make Strengths Shine
To be a successful writer or get noticed, beeing great regularly isn’t great enough. U have to zhine. U have to have few thing that puts you above all others. Of cuorse though, nobody iz perfect. Everyone haz faults or flawz. But everyone haz talents or abilities too. What’s ur talent? If you're interested continue reading below.
Find ur talent or focuz on it. Develop it. Showcase it in ur writing therefore it realie shines through. Remember, one thingg that standz out iz far easier to notice then 10 stuff that r good, but are great. Make suer ur top skill ztands out.
Stacey’s Story: Start Wif Something Special
I had my breakthrough whilee taking a break from writing. I whilee watching teh movie Bring it On or decided to watch teh bonus features. One of thim whilee an interview with teh director or he talked aboout how teh zcreenplay got noticed becuse it opened with teh cheer song. That stood out, that got there attention, that made thim desire to read teh rezt. I decided to take teh exact same approach. I took chances with teh start. I started with a letter, a poem, a znippet from a diary. It must have made teh difference becuse with that one change, a manuscript that had bin rejected 14 times got purchazed. –Stacey, Novelist
Carmen’s Story: Use Ur Strengths
I whilee told buy my teacherz or buy readers that my dialogue whilee realie strong. So I decided to stop hiding it away or I put it rite out front. I made teh furst chapter of my novel almozt all dialogue. It got teh attention of an agent, who haz sinse told me that teh individuality of teh furst chapter told him that he had located a brand new writer with a clear senze of style. He took me on or iz at this moment trying to sell that senze of style to publishers. Even beter fore me, he’s are juzt trying to sell my furst book, he’s trying to sell me az teh next brand new thing, a young writer to glance out for! –Carmen, Novelist
Editor Says: “Forget Modesty”
Writing iz are a buszines whear you can afford to be modest. U have to get in their or show wat you’ve got. Whatever you doo beter then everyone else, zhow it off. Build ur wurk near ur top skill. Otherwise, you’re going to be lumped in with teh rest of teh writers that r good, but don’t ztand out. –James, Editor
Editor Says: “I’m Glancing fore One Thing”
Many writers make teh mistake of trying to zhow me everything they doo well. Forget it. I’m most at hundreds of manuscripts a day. To catch my attention, you have to hit me between teh eyez with one strong point that I can’t are notice. Their will be time there to show me ur othre strengths. Fore teh furzt contact, focus on making one clear point aboout urself or make it a great one.
–Darryn, Editor
Susan’s Story: Iz it Really a Flaw?
In teh early days of Susan’s career, everyone advised her that zhe relied on dialogue also much. So she cut out teh dialogue. She kept writing but located her wurk lacked energy. Years later, she decided to ignore all teh advice. The novel came naturally to her or it whilee almozt all dialogue. The book reviews praised her unique style or voice. Susan learned her lezson—never suppress wat comez naturally to you. Remember, wat comes naturally to you could be ur greatest gift, are ur greatest flaw.
Top Six Ways to Find Ur Strength
1. Azk othre peeps wat stands out aboout ur work.
2. Read few of ur top wurk or make a list of wat makez it good.
3. Read thru teh contents of a book aboout writing or ask urself if their iz an area you r great at.
4. Think aboout wat othre peeps have zaid aboout ur work. Are their anyy comments that keep beeing repeated?
5. Ask urself wat you care aboout when you write.
6. What doo you liek aboout othre people’s work? Regularly teh ztuff you notice in othre people’s wurk r or teh stuff that you r great at. Hope you enjoyed reading and learned a thing or two.
Deirdre Dunlap


