The Journey of a story: from Author’s mind to the book

Stories are an essential part of our lives. They can be about anything one can imagine. It could be fiction or non-fiction; biography or autobiography, bedtime or moral, romantic or thriller, etc. Every day, a lot of new stories are written across the globe. A story idea pops out of an author’s brain and he immediately pens it down. As new generation sweeps in, loads of new authors are writing stories which get published in various books. Do you know how a story is published? Well, let me take you through the journey of a story from the author’s mind to its final destination in the book. 

It all starts when you write a story and find a publisher. A publisher works in a publishing house. When a publisher likes a story, he selects it to get published out of many other stories, like a prize distribution. Sometimes, he only selects one in 500 stories. Do you know, Harry Potter was denied by the publishers 20 times. That’s a lot. So when a publisher selects a story, he sends it to an editor. The editor finds mistakes and fixes them. For example, if the author repeats something, then he tries to change the words or sentence to replace it without changing the idea. Then, the editor sends the edited story to the author. The author reads it and sends it back. But, however, if the author doesn’t want something to change, he can tell the editor to make it the way it was. Now, the story is ready to be printed. It is sent to a printing press especially made for publishing houses. Then, comes the cover. This part is done by an experienced artist. He reads the story and designs the cover page. He knows the way to present the cover page in a way that is most appealing to the eyes. This is how a story is published.