Category Archives: Author reference

Why is an outline required for novels?

March 5, 2008 – 12:53 pm

There’s a good reason Creative Byline requires writers to include an outline as part of the submission package. While we were in the development stage of Creative Byline, editors told us they would prefer to know the manuscript is completed, but because a chapter-by-chapter outline shows the writer has thought through the entire story, an [...]

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Why the manuscript submission process is tough on everyone—go ahead and vent

October 3, 2007 – 12:05 am

The submission process is every writer’s favorite whipping boy. Writers complain about having to wait six to 12 months for a response to their submissions, and when a response finally does arrive, it rarely contains any feedback about how to make the manuscript stronger. Furthermore, writers are frustrated by the lack of access as more [...]

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