Making a Book

Making a Book — page 1 — Getting an Idea on Paper Every book starts the same way A curious person has an idea or question What if frogs could fly What if the dog could talk Where do armadillos live Authors write down their ideas They research facts Artists might sketch a character They create They change their minds They write or draw some more This process may take a year or more But that is just the beginning Author writes a story MONTH 1 4 LOADING LOADING

Making a Book — page 2 — Anyone can come up with an idea for a book What ideas do you have 5 LOADING LOADING LOADING

Making a Book — page 3 — An agent works hard to contact publishers for authors Author writes a story MONTH 1 MONTH 2 Author lands an agent 6 LOADING

Making a Book — page 4 — The next step is finding a publisher to buy the story A publisher is in the business of making books But publishers are busy Most of them will not even read an author’s work unless they know the author already So authors need agents to help Finding an agent is a huge break The agent sends the story to publishers 7 LOADING LOADING LOADING

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