Most people believe this is the only way to write a book. First you choose between fiction and non-fiction.
When it comes to writing fiction, everyone wants to be the next JK Rowling. She lived on practically nothing for years until she got her break and the rest is now history. She's not even a millionaire anymore - she's a billionaire!
Forget about this method. Do you realise how many fiction writers there are out there who want to make it big? Most of them cannot even get their manuscript read by agents and you can forget about going direct to publishers.
Trying to hit a home run with your novel is like trying to break into Hollywood. Extremely difficult and more to do with luck than how good your novel is and how hard you have worked.
When it comes to writing non-fiction, things work differently. You have a greater chance of getting your work published but there is a different obstacle in the way: "the expert reputation".
Unless you already have expert knowledge in a particular subject area and have a reputation for it then you do not stand much of a chance of getting your book published - agents and publishers simply won't look at you.
And as for trying to get yourself established as an expert in another subject area totally new to you and then getting published: forget it. By all means, try if you want but you will be wasting precious minutes of your life going down the wrong road.
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