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14972147 No.14972147 [Reply] [Original]

So let me get this straight, if I want to get published by a reputable publisher, I have to get an agent?

No other way around it?

Ok fine, but furthermore, in order for them to read it, I must make a "query letter" that basically describes the plot of my book?

REALLY!?!

What's to stop them from straight up stealing my idea and writing a half-assed hack job of a story from my premise that I've given to them for free?

They have all the power, the publishing housing, the advertising funding, and the stores to sell them at....

If they can make fanfiction based off of teenage vampire fiction sell billions of dollars, they can definitely make millions from my "premises".

Let's say I sue them for stealing my ideas, I don't have money to hire a lawyer to do that.

Just can't win in this world...

>> No.14972151

>>14972147
>72147▶
>So let me get this straight, if I want to get publish
uh mlike yeah i guess idk bro
but i think you shouldnt think about iy too much and just do whats good for you

>> No.14972152

>>14972147
>when plotfags try to become writers

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14972242

>>14972152
Where are all the "amazing prose" writers at? Oh yeah, that's right, they all starved to death or an hero'd.

>> No.14972305

>>14972242
Just take up a trade brah

>> No.14972423

>>14972147

Just self publish. Lots of guys like me just read Kindle published authors, that way you can build readership and bypass the sharks.