Stephen Aryan | Writing Advice and the Truth about Traditional Publishing @StephenAryan44 | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Answering your questions and exposing lies you've been told about traditional publishing.

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There is a lot of bias information online from individuals and organisations who want you to self publish with them. They want to make money from you and they are lying to you about traditional publishing to do. They want to scare you, make it sound like traditional publishing is difficult, complicated, you have no control, the editor makes all the decisions and they are mercenaries.

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0:00 Introduction
0:29 How much dialogue is too much?
1:30 What are your top tips for editing?
5:02 How do you find time to balance everything?
6:50 How do you protect your wrists?
7:28 Blunt Talk
8:08 The publisher has the final say on your manuscript
18:50 2-3 years to market minimum with traditional publishing
21:34 Traditional publishing is like writing by committee
23:01 Traditional publishing contracts are a nightmare
25:05 Traditional publishing is hard so don't even try

WRITERS RESOURCES:
Writers Beware: sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware
Predators and Editors: facebook.com/prededitors
Writers and Artists Yearbook: writersandartists.co.uk

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