: If you are writing the book for your own pleasure, you could join a writers' group or class. Many have systems in place for peer review and editing suggestions. If, later, you decide to

If you are writing the book for your own pleasure, you could join a writers' group or class. Many have systems in place for peer review and editing suggestions. If, later, you decide to publish the book, you have two main options (once you have had a friend or relative run through the book for obvious errors):

If self publishing, pay for the services of a professional editor / proof reader. A rough guide to the costs for doing this in the UK (recommended by the National Union of Journalists as an industry guideline for freelancers) is here www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/index.php?&section=Print+media&subsect=Editing%2Fproducing+books Submit the work to a publisher who encourages authors to work with in-house editors to improve the quality of the book... This is normally part of the author's contract and is factored in with the percentage of Royalties the author will receive from sales of the book, so is not charged for upfront. Generally, this means avoiding vanity publishers as, you have to pay a great deal for the service as an extra.

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: Subplots better than the main plot The main plot follows the MC while travelling through the world trying to rescue his family. While doing this however, he must overcome a lot of difficulties.

: How to write a corporate character that likes to toy around with his colleagues? I want to write a male, corporate working, character who is always cheerful and smiling, no matter whatever the

: What are the story beats in a â€œstranger comes to townâ€? As we mentioned in this question, we believe it was Robert Mckee we heard say that all stories fall into one of two categories:

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