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Writers Ask the Expert Do Nonfiction Credits Count in Fiction?
| Do Nonfiction Credits Count in Fiction? |
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| By Anne Bowling | |
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Q: Does it impress a fiction editor if an author has many nonfiction credits? Also, if an author has a very diverse mix of genres in their publishing history, do they take that into consideration? -Laura
It gives them confidence when they begin reading your manuscript that they can expect a certain level of quality. That’s important, because editors have so much to read that they’re looking for reasons to put a manuscript down and move on. So at the first sign of trouble, they’ll do that with an unpublished writer. They’ll give more benefit of the doubt to previously published writers. As for diversity, I don’t think it’s that important. They’re looking at the quality of the specific manuscript they’re holding, and diversity doesn’t have an impact on that. Anne Bowling |
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