When writers who are just starting out ask me when it gets easier, my answer is never. I believe that often times aspiring authors give up not because they’re necessarily doing anything wrong but because they don’t know what writing a book actually looks (and feels) like. I have always encouraged writers to dig deep and find out what it really took for their favorite authors to get published. What’s the story behind this fairytale version? It went on to become a major motion picture with MGM.It was optioned for film before the book itself even hit shelves.It stayed on the list for eleven months.The novel debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list.The buying price was high enough that Nicola quit her day job.It was bought in a bidding war by Delacorte Press (an imprint of Random House).If you look around online, you’ll find a fairly run-of-the-mill story behind Everything, Everything’s road to best-sellerdom: Behind the Scenes of the Book Biz What It Really Took to Publish Everything, Everything In my next few posts I’m going to break down an example of a YA romance: Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything.īut before we dive in to that, I first want to talk about why I chose this book in particular. I’ve talked quite a bit about story structure on this blog, and I’ve used Harry Potter for most of my examples, but it’s important to know that story structure can change depending on the genre you’re writing in.
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