Hey Authors and Playwrights,
Just a question... once you signed your contract on your commercial novel, how many changes and edits did you have to make and what was the time frame?
I'm submitting my first commercial full length novel to some publishers who are interested and I'm curious about other authors experiences.
Thanks Team!
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As many as it takes to make it excellent. It's not a matter of counting the edits. It's a matter of striving for the best book ever. One that blows the mind of whoever reads it...
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It's largely publisher-dependent. Publishing tends to move at glacial speeds, so there's a good chance you'll have 12 months or more in which to make loads of changes, if you need to. My 2027 release will be almost 2 years from acquisition to publication. Also, make sure you know what you're signing up to in terms of sub-rights etc, as it's easy to get caught out. And (you know this but it bears repeating) don't part with any money!
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For my children's books, I wasn't given a deadline for revisions, per se. But I was asked to make only a few mostly related to small plot matters (i.e.: How did the characters get from point A to point B in only a matter of hours?)
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I've seen many authors make edits for 6 months ish after getting a deal but that doesn't stop the publisher for moving forward with the rest; they start working on the marketing right away.
I was editing for a couple of years because the first batch was a trilogy in a publishing queue.