Life Cycle of a Book
If you've ever been curious about publishing, this info graphic and set of videos will explain the many wondrous people required to bring a book from manuscript to finished product. Brought to you by Publishing TrendSetter, with thanks to the SCBWI blog for the link!
I love the writer's story -- he's a school teacher and didn't fancy himself an author. He wrote one chapter at a time, read it to his class, and every night he had to write a new chapter to keep them satisfied with "what happened next?" His first response by someone in the industry was, "it's not very good." So he began to revise. Adam Gidwitz now has the popular book, A Tale Dark & Grimm, to his credit -- though it was not that first manuscript. I think the original 450 page literary tome for children got pitched in the rubbish bin, from what he says in the video!
Cover image from Adam's website.
I love the writer's story -- he's a school teacher and didn't fancy himself an author. He wrote one chapter at a time, read it to his class, and every night he had to write a new chapter to keep them satisfied with "what happened next?" His first response by someone in the industry was, "it's not very good." So he began to revise. Adam Gidwitz now has the popular book, A Tale Dark & Grimm, to his credit -- though it was not that first manuscript. I think the original 450 page literary tome for children got pitched in the rubbish bin, from what he says in the video!
Cover image from Adam's website.
Posted by Keri Collins at 11/26/2011 5:27 PM 
Categories: middle grade novel, Miscellaneous
Tags: writing middle grade novel publishing
Categories: middle grade novel, Miscellaneous
Tags: writing middle grade novel publishing
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