Quote by DonnaCupcake
I don't think you have to write quite that quickly, I've known a couple professionals who don't quite make that, but you have to be productive. I just finished a novel which is in edits, in two months. And my first readers say it's good.
Having beta-readers is a fantastic way to keep your work interesting. Your first publishing house editor however, will change your world -- and I don't mean a line editor that only fixes grammar and typos. That experience changed everything for me, but most especially how I put my work on paper.
After that of course the problem is figuring out where to submit it, and it seems like that will take as much work as the writing.
Figuring out where to submit is easy.
-- 1) Find books that have the same type of content as your manuscript.
-- 2) Check who published those books that are like yours.
-- 3) Go to that publisher's website and Read their Submission Guidelines.
-- 3a) Make damned sure your manuscript follows those guidelines.
-- 4) Email a query letter ONLY to their website.
-- 5) Look for the next publisher that accepts the type of manuscripts that you wrote.
-- 6) Rinse and repeat until someone asks you to send a Partial; usually the first 4 chapters of your MS.
-- 7) Keep Going.
There's a rumor out there that says once you send a partial you should stop. That rumor is Bullshit. You don't need to stop until you have a CONTRACT.
