Get Your Writing Published: How to Find Markets and Sell Stories

What You Will Learn?

• In this class you will learn the ins and outs of submitting your fiction writing for publication, including writing a cover letter, how to format your manuscript, and where to look to find markets that are buying. This fiction writing course will teach you how to find the right markets for your stories so you can work towards seeing your writing in print… and maybe even get paid for it!.
• Writers will learn all the steps required to submit stories to publishers and editors in hopes of getting published. The class covers topics like submission guidelines (what they are and where to find them), standard submission formatting and why it's important, and what to include in your cover letters. I will share all my tricks for finding new markets to send your stories to, so you can keep them on the market until sold..
• We will also learn about tracking story submissions, and our project will be to create a submission tracking system with actual markets to send stories to on it. It is vital to track your submissions! Writing fiction and publishing stories is a long game, one requiring patience and good record keeping..
• If a publisher has had your story submission for a long time, it becomes your job to inquire politely about the story. Sometimes the story was lost, and having it found again can up your chances at acceptance. Sometimes, if you don't keep track, you could embarrass yourself by submitting the same story again, or worse, selling the story elsewhere just when they've decided to buy it..
• A simple tracking system, digital or old-school, can keep you safely out of such situations, and also be incredibly inspiring as you add sales and new stories and markets to your chart. .
• If you have short stories or novels that you have written and would like to see published, this is the guide to finding the paying (and non-paying) markets for your fiction writing, and tracking all your submissions. Our project is to create a chart with stories down one column and markets across the top, allowing room for adding to each. Where they meet, we mark pertinent information so we can see at a glance which stories are out without response (and for how long), which stories have returned rejected, and which stories have sold and where to, along with dates..
• I earned honours in Journalism over thirty years ago, and have had my writing published in newspapers, magazines, websites, short story magazines, and marketing copy. My debut novel launched in 2019, and the sequels are forthcoming. My goal is to help you write amazing fiction stories and see them published for others to read..
• I'll bet you have stories, novels, and manuscripts that publishers will love… here's a guide to finding those publishers and sending in your work. Are you ready? Let's find some markets and get published!.