And mistakes are important at preventing. If you want your page numbers to start on page 15 not on 1. Go and get your Handee paper towels or an alternative absorbent tool. An editor is there for a variety of reasons and they do a variety of things. What an exciting time that we live in, to be able to publish our own work.
It is totally up to you, whatever you think represents your work and the story you are trying to tell. So, now that emotional guilt trip is out of the way. Of course, original content is always a wonderful idea. This is useful if you want to do page numbers or headers and footers. But, with that comes a whole other side of organisation and kafaffle. I hope I have done that for you today.
But if you are on a budget, like I was websites like PicMonkey a baby novice photoshop and shutterstock are your best friend! And that, I believe is the hardest part. Find yourself some great software, one that will catch any mistakes for you. If in doubt YouTube it out Photo by freestocks. The most important thing Photo by rawpixel. Granted, I went into the process with no idea what I was doing. The word truth attracts a certain amount of suspense. Because losing your work is super cliché and completely preventable.
I found it to be the most daunting and from a thorough google search I learned that many others felt this way too. Read your work over as many times as it takes to ensure a polished piece. There are some really great options out there, just do your research. My biggest nightmare when self-publishing my book was formatting. Those are some of the bigger roadblocks you might come across when bringing your masterpieces to fruition. This can get boring, even the most narcissistic writer will eventually get a little over reading and re-reading their own work.
Let me begin by saying, that self-publishing is both harder and easier than you might expect. I find that the best way to dispel of fear is by bringing as much light to it as possible. Which is a page that you can make changes to, and those changes will appear on every page. That is the silliest reason to give up on writing whatever it is that you are writing. You elusive, tricky, elusive, tricky, elusive beast. It can be expensive and you have to discuss whether the artist or photographer gets a one-off fee for life or whether you pay them royalties into the future to continue using their work. .
It is a truly confusing and daunting process for anyone unfamiliar with the ins and outs of writing software Word is way harder than you think, sis and editing software. So, quite simply, I thought that I would write a blog post about what to do and what not to do. Let us move on to the rest. Cover design Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on It is the first thing people see when they look at it. Another pair of eyes on your work will also inform you on how your work reads to other people.
Another option that takes away the awkward conversation of payment is a royalty free website. Section breaks and page breaks come to haunt me in my dreams. It depends on how many words you have, how much they have to edit those words and of course each editor will have their own hourly rate. The starting, like with anything, is often the hardest to navigate. They even have a bunch of templates and video tutorials that you can use to get familiar with the software. Please, for the love of god unless you are incredibly talented and eagle eyed at editing and spell checking. In terms of pricing, editors vary.
Some other important stuff, quick fire style. Gone are the days of the huge gates made to keep us all out. Also, heaps of other stuff on there. Mild dramatisation, but I promise you that is how it felt. Stock images, not salads or girls.
Example: Shutterstock Websites like Shutterstock let you pay for the rights to use images forever. There are plenty of royalty free websites out there, so get searching! Look at the reviews, ask them for examples of their work. Get an editor Photo by Pixabay on Assuming that you have finished your work. Which is important if you intend to sell it to people other than yourself…I hope you do? If you want, ask subjective parties to read your work and give you feedback. You will learn to love constructive criticism, I promise. You can buy these, I got mine free when I uploaded my book to Amazon.
It can make your project even more unique and special. . . . . .