Post by account_disabled on Dec 26, 2023 22:42:38 GMT -6
A good part of the work falls to the writer, a part that is not limited to writing. Writing should not be seen only from an artistic point of view, as many would like. It's simplistic and reductive to look at it that way. As good sticklers we can list all the stages that lead to the creation of a book, which we can summarize in the following: Idea : it must be strong, otherwise it disappears from the mind. Feasibility : are we sure it works? I've written off a lot of ideas over the years. Documentation : allows us to delve into the subject. Design : it is the organization of matter.
Writing : finally writing! Revision : you reread everything and make changes. Editing : Proofreading advice from an expert. Proofreading : to eliminate typos and oversights (which for some reason are always found in books). Graphic project : from the creation of the cover to the internal graphics. Layout : you put everything together and send the Special Data file to the printer. Print : the book is ready to be sold. Distribution : copies are distributed to bookstores and online stores. Sale : copies are now available in bookstores and on the web. Marketing and advertising : operations to make the book known to the whole world. The first 6 stages are up to the author, who also intervenes in the 7th .
And he should intervene in the last one too. As we can see, before reaching the first chapter there are 4 stages to reach . The frequent mistake is to go from 1st to 5th , skipping the middle ones. And another mistake is to go from 5th to 10th ... Before you start writing a book, you need to think carefully: when I had the idea for my political essay, I wasn't at all sure I could turn it into a book. I had never written a work like this. I jotted down some notes, quickly writing down the thoughts in my head, to stop them. Then I sketched out a structure, with the first topics to cover that came to mind, but after many readings for the documentation I totally modified that structure and rewrote the first notes. I didn't have a first chapter.
Writing : finally writing! Revision : you reread everything and make changes. Editing : Proofreading advice from an expert. Proofreading : to eliminate typos and oversights (which for some reason are always found in books). Graphic project : from the creation of the cover to the internal graphics. Layout : you put everything together and send the Special Data file to the printer. Print : the book is ready to be sold. Distribution : copies are distributed to bookstores and online stores. Sale : copies are now available in bookstores and on the web. Marketing and advertising : operations to make the book known to the whole world. The first 6 stages are up to the author, who also intervenes in the 7th .
And he should intervene in the last one too. As we can see, before reaching the first chapter there are 4 stages to reach . The frequent mistake is to go from 1st to 5th , skipping the middle ones. And another mistake is to go from 5th to 10th ... Before you start writing a book, you need to think carefully: when I had the idea for my political essay, I wasn't at all sure I could turn it into a book. I had never written a work like this. I jotted down some notes, quickly writing down the thoughts in my head, to stop them. Then I sketched out a structure, with the first topics to cover that came to mind, but after many readings for the documentation I totally modified that structure and rewrote the first notes. I didn't have a first chapter.