Comments on: What Are My Odds of Getting Published? http://storyfix.com/what-are-my-odds-of-getting-published Novel Writing, Screenwriting and Storytelling Tips & Fundamentals Mon, 21 May 2012 21:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://storyfix.com/what-are-my-odds-of-getting-published/comment-page-1#comment-3329 Doug Sun, 09 May 2010 02:40:42 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=25#comment-3329 "Dreams are just that: they remain in your head." So true. Time to get writing! “Dreams are just that: they remain in your head.”

So true. Time to get writing!

]]> By: Larry http://storyfix.com/what-are-my-odds-of-getting-published/comment-page-1#comment-10 Larry Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:33:59 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=25#comment-10 You're right, in once sense (you're wrong about me asking the wrong question, though): if you write a book that people want to buy and read. Publishers decide if that's the case or not, and their bar is very high, very undefinable and quite fluid and elusive. We, as writers, have no control over that stuff, we only have control over what we understand about writing and what we put into our work. And that's the issue, and the question I ask here -- are you reaching the bar? You’re right, in once sense (you’re wrong about me asking the wrong question, though): if you write a book that people want to buy and read. Publishers decide if that’s the case or not, and their bar is very high, very undefinable and quite fluid and elusive. We, as writers, have no control over that stuff, we only have control over what we understand about writing and what we put into our work. And that’s the issue, and the question I ask here — are you reaching the bar?

]]> By: TNH http://storyfix.com/what-are-my-odds-of-getting-published/comment-page-1#comment-9 TNH Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:41:26 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=25#comment-9 This entry asks the wrong question. If you've written a book that people want to buy and read, your chances of getting published are very good indeed. If you haven't, they're considerably lower than Mr. Brooks' entry would have you believe. Neither of these facts is altered by having other manuscripts by other authors added to or subtracted from the slushpile in which your manuscript resides. This entry asks the wrong question.

If you’ve written a book that people want to buy and read, your chances of getting published are very good indeed. If you haven’t, they’re considerably lower than Mr. Brooks’ entry would have you believe.

Neither of these facts is altered by having other manuscripts by other authors added to or subtracted from the slushpile in which your manuscript resides.

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