Book Proposals
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Are there people who professionally help write book proposals? First time writer here.?
Yes I know if I’m the writer, I should, but I am wondering if there are people who do this for a living and who I could contact to discuss selling my idea and book to publishers and agents.
I just want to get it right.
I am writing a nonfiction.
Writer proposals, can you send in a proposal for an idea before writing the book?
Or do you have to have already written it to have a contract made with a publisher. Or to have them want you?
Publishers who are intrigued by your query letter will ask to see the completed manuscript before offering you a contract.
Publishers don’t want partial manuscripts from unpublished authors because they have no way of knowing whether those writers will be able to turn in the contracted novels on time AND in publishable condition.
Once you have sold a novel, you have proven that you can deliver the goods. Only then will publishers offer you contracts based on proposals, which generally consist of a synopsis and the first two or three chapters.
Book proposals for a fiction book?
Can anyone recommend a good resource on how to write a book proposal for a fiction book?
http://blog.nathanbransford.com
There’s a list on the left side that should help. Google it too if you need more help.
Submit now, if your proposal’s ready. Serious publishers don’t stop during the summer; in fact, they’re frantically getting books ready for the Christmas rush. If you wait 2-3 months, you’ll only delay your acceptance.
In fact, since you’re talking about only a proposal, you should be submitting it to more than one publisher.
First: Yes, there are – you can buy software to help you. I know, because I saw it being discussed in an agent’s blog. She was having hysterics over just how bad the letters were. Write your own proposal.
Second: Is this is a fiction book? If so, forget it. You can’t sell anything other than a completed, edited, polished novel. An “idea” is worthless.
Book proposals: How long is too long to wait?
I am in the process of working on my book proposal components as outlined by the publisher who has asked to see my proposal after they got my query letter.
But I have full-time work etc. so I use whatever free time I have to work on my book, but it’s been a few months now, though I still haven’t submitted my proposal.
What is an acceptable timeframe for corresponding with publishers? It can take months for them to respond to you, I know, but if you take too long to send them something, do you lose your chance and they won’t want to work with you anymore? Or does once an offer stands in the world of publishing, they still consider you?
Also, should I continue to finish my book now and then send the proposal, or do you send the proposal first, and then finish the book if they say they’d like to work with you?
Any (constructive) advice on this topic is greatly appreciated.
Thanks all!
Generally, you should have had it finished before you querried them. That is the professionalism you need to show as an unknown athor.
When you’re famous, they might excuse the tardiness to a point, but there is a limit to how long any proposal can be kept alive (because the market changes often).
Did you let them know there would be a delay? If not, they may very well lose interest in the project and may not want to work with you again because of it.
Have you contacted the publisher? They may have decided you are no longer interested.
Just because they get hundreds of manuscripts a day and it can take months for them to respond to each one is no excuse for you to not respond to them. They also have full time jobs and reading manuscripts is only a small part of their responsibilities.
Should I wait until fall to submit book proposals..?
I’m ready to submit to another publishing house, but its pretty much summer now and I’m wondering if they work year-round or if it would seem more professional (and more beneficial to me, perhaps) if I waited until September to begin again?
Thanx!
Love the famous quote, Maria. Well put.