Writing a Book (advice please)

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I think that would certainly be true for a novel. With non-fiction, you might be able to pitch an idea and an outline to an agent or publisher and get paid to write the book.

It's always possible. Unless you ask, you're answering "no" for the other person. For absolute sure, you're going to have to put together a chapter-by-chapter outline and three sample chapters (not necessarily consecutive chapters).

If you haven't started taking photos for your book, do that.

You could always pitch an article to appropriate magazines to get the ball rolling. More than one book has come from an initial article in a magazine.

The Writer's Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats is really useful.