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World would have been poorer without literary works like Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov,Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The listing can go on. There have been so many works of great fiction. The writershave a certain mind space that is peculiar to them only. No one else can get into that set of perspectives. It is a fraction of the vastness of human collective consciousness. We would have been at a great loss had wenot learnt to express our thoughts through words, written or spoken. Had there been no words, all those secret musings and observations would have remained confined to the minds. Those great minds would never have been able to express what they thought or felt. We would have faced huge problem connecting to each other, fail to show our inner turmoil. Our desire to describe our dreams and aspirations would have found no means to execute. Expression has found various means with the evolution of diverse languages, sculpture, literature, poetry, speech, art, cinema, the internet and so on. Fiction has a scope and range in expression that is unparalleled. People are able to express themselves through words. In fact, fiction goes back to the time of cavemen, when they sat around fires and described in detail the horrors of their various hunting trips. Of course, there may have been some actual bravery on the scene, but a large part of the grand descriptions of how man conquered animals on those hunting trips was pure fiction. Mothers perhaps relayed those fictional tales to their children.They were also doting wives.The legends grew and grew with many aspects being added with each new telling of the original tale. Women didnot want to be left behind and they ventured into story-telling of their own. They told stories that instructed, disciplined or entertained their children on cold nights. When they felt afraid, they told stories that kept them engaged. Imagination of mind gave birth to fairies, goblins, kings, queens, the good and evil. Sheer pleasure of fiction is great.It still is, but now it is evaluated by the publishers before it gets published.Manuscripts are submitted for evaluation with a few details including concept note, synopsis, list of contents and short write-up on the author. The concept note of the manuscript would inform what audience you are writing for, unique selling point, comparative titles, word count, etc.As for the time for evaluating a manuscript, it may differ with various publishers. With a top publisher, expect around a month. A writer need not worry about printing and distribution if a publisher approves the manuscript as they will take care of it. You can rely on established publishers for the quality of printing. Thanks to wide distribution network, they are able to take the books to masses. They have several channels of book distribution along with retail book stores, including educational institutes, libraries, direct sales, etc. They know how to promote a book on a certain genre. Essence of fiction hasn’t changed yet, though publishing has become more sophisticated. Resource Box: The writer of this article is associated with Leadstart Publishing, founded in 1994 in Mumbai. Leadstart is a reputed book publisher in India with books published across genres including English fiction, non-fiction, travel, history, poetry and self-help books. It is counted amongst the leading fiction publishers in India.
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