Getting Published: 5 Tips To Get Your NaNoWriMo Draft Published!

Every year, we’re lucky to have great sponsors for our nonprofit events. Inkitt, a 2022 NaNoWriMo sponsor, is a reader-powered publisher. Today, they’re here to share some tips on how to turn your NaNoWriMo draft into a published story. Don’t forget to check out Inkitt’s offer to NaNoWriMo writers to enter their fiction writing contest this month!

1. Proofread Your Work!

This one might be obvious but we really can’t emphasize it enough. A few typos won’t derail your career, but any more may make it hard for readers to follow and engage with your novel and could put off a potential publisher. Luckily, there are so many great spelling and grammar checkers out there, like Grammarly or Wordtune.

2. Ask For Feedback!

Having a community of readers and fellow authors can be incredibly helpful when writing your novel. Beta readers can be a great way to get real-time feedback. On Inkitt there are beta-reading groups that you can join and we’ve recently launched a Discord server with a channel dedicated to that as well! We love to support our fellow authors! Readers can also leave comments and constructive reviews to let you know what they think about your story.

3. Social Media Presence

Your social media is one of the first things an editor will look at when they consider picking up your novel. It’s a marvelous tool that can expand your audience and boost marketing strategies, too. Be sure to make use of social media to engage with niche communities, build your brand, and increase your fanbase. The most important thing about social media is to have fun. Don’t take it too seriously! These platforms can be a great place to build community and create networks with which to promote your work.

4. Engage With Your Audience

Speaking of increasing your fanbase, believe it or not, loyal readers do an awful lot of free promotion and gain you plenty of new readers. Invested readers will fall in love with your characters, get mad when they make mistakes, and most importantly, they will tell all their friends to read your book. Word of mouth goes a long way! On Inkitt it is easy to engage with your readers and build a loyal following using wall posts, comments, reviews, and community groups. Engaged readers will comment on your chapters, leave a review and even promote you on their social media accounts.

5. Publish Your Draft On Inkitt!

At Inkitt it is our mission to democratize publishing, giving all authors a chance to succeed. We’ve developed a fair way of discovering writers by giving them a platform to showcase their books to the world. Here at Inkitt, the power of reader feedback drives all of our publishing opportunities. Once you create your Inkitt account and upload your book, you start the process of getting selected for a publishing deal! The process is simple; we analyze reader patterns and engagement with your book to determine if it has bestseller potential on GALATEA, Inkitt’s fiction publishing app. When we find a potential bestseller, our publishing team reaches out to you about getting signed! No gatekeeping. No biases. It’s publishing made fair.

Want to have some fun and also have the chance to win cash prizes? Join Inkitt as we climb writer’s Everest, and write 50,000 words in November for NaNoWriMo. Romance, Thriller, Adventure… any genre welcome!  Submit your fiction novel for the chance to win cash prizes, social media spotlights, and more! (Plus, there will be a special contest just for NaNoWriMo winners after November.)

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