Every Writer Needs a Platform
Do you have a place to showcase your best work to the people you want to see it—agents, publishers, the reading public?
Do you have a great platform of one or more Internet sites?
Do you receive useful comments and feedback on your work from a large and unbiased audience?
Can you quote readership and rating figures to a prospective agent…and back it up?
If you’re an unpublished fiction writer you know how hard it is to get your work in front of agents, publishers, and the reading
public. Posting your short stories or excerpts from your book will give you a platform for displaying your work to the world.
Even published authors can benefit from expanding their platform. The more people are exposed to your work, the larger reader-network you can build, the more attractive you are to the publishing industry.
The Fiction Writers’ Platform (FWP) provides the structure and opportunity for you to showcase your work without the costs or hassles of starting your own website or blog. Will you be discovered? FWP won’t promise that, but we will do our best to provide a platform for your work and opportunities for you to connect to those you want to reach.
As an added bonus, you can share in any revenue generated from Google Adsense ads displayed on your post pages.
Summary of Benefits
Fellow writers have created the new Fiction Writers’ Platform (FWP), where you:
- Join at no cost and submit your fiction writing for online publication.
- Retain copyrights to your work; it’s yours, you own it.
- Display your best work to the world in minutes not months.
- Get useful feedback and comments from readers and fellow writers.
- Build popularity and support for your work.
- Point agents and publishers to your best writing including unbiased comments.
- Demonstrate your writing popularity with hard data on readership and ratings.
- Share in potential Google ad revenue associated with your displayed work.
- Stop depending solely on query letters and submissions to see your work published.
Publish Fiction
If this sounds like what you’ve been looking for, join us by filling out the Application. If you’re not quite ready yet, read on for more information.
Showcase Your Best Work
As a fiction writer you know the importance of showcasing your work. If no one sees it you’re left with only the self satisfaction of your work—not to diminish the importance of internal satisfaction—but wouldn’t it be nice to have a shot at getting your work seen, recognized, and published?
What if you were able to publish your work without the lengthy, expensive, and frustrating process of query letters and submissions?
You can do that by joining other fiction writers here at the Fiction Writers Platform. It costs nothing to join, but if your work fits our standards and is accepted, your first submission can be published for the world to see in a matter of a day or two. Subsequent publications can be added without waiting for approval.
Many writers benefit from belonging to local writers groups where they can get constructive feedback and exposure. Broaden that scope here at the Fiction Writers Platform.
Think of being able to publish that great short story today knowing that the Fiction Writers’ Platform will notify a large number of online venues of your new material. Know that you’ll be able to “prime the readership pump” by sending the link to your newly posted work to your network of writers, friends, and family members, and getting their constructive feedback the same day.
Quote Readership Facts to Agents and Publishers
Think of the value of being able to point agents and publishers to your work where they can not only read it but see how it was accepted by readers. At the Fiction Writers’ Platform you’ll have access to the number of viewers your work attracts—which is of great importance to agents and publishers.
A solid platform of published work lends credibility to your writing as well as making it readily available to the reading public. The Fiction Writers’ Platform provides you with that platform if your work meets our standards.
Even if you already have a blog or website showcasing your work, you can still utilize the Fiction Writers’ Platform. An additional source of exposure will not only be helpful, but will provide valuable links back to your existing sites, raising their value to search engine audiences.
To Join The Fiction Writers’ Platform
Fill out the Application to Publish. Within a day or two your application will be reviewed and approved if your work meets FWP standards.
If you have questions but can’t find the answers in the FAQ, Writer’s Guidelines, Revenue Sharing Guidelines, and Terms of Use, please Contact an Editor.
Wondering if you really need a platform?
Here’s what literary agent Rachelle Gardner has to say about writer’s platforms.
Rachelle Gardner: “…More and more, we’re going to see first-time novelists who already have a high-traffic blog or other means of attracting readers. So if your novel is equally as good as someone else’s in the slush pile, but you’re the one with a decent platform, you just might have a leg up.”
and “Gone are the days when publishers were solely responsible for the marketing of a book. Today’s audience is more segmented than it has ever been before. People have more options for their leisure time than ever before – 600 channels on television, movies on demand, video games and Wii, and then of course, the Internet. It’s harder than ever to attract people to books. The way to do it is increasingly through personal connection, and that means YOU, the author, making connections with your readers.”
Read her full article Fiction Platform.
Full-time freelance writer Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen is an excellent example of a writer with a platform. Read her articles, 5 Tips for Building an Online Platform for Writers and 10 Ways to Build Your Writer’s Platform.