Can publishing companies help edit your novel before it's published?

I posted part of the first chapter of my novel a few days ago and most people said they didn't like it and that they wouldn't wanna read it and that there were a lot of problems with it and that I need stuff like grammar classes and stuff. Some people liked it though. Still, I don't feel that people would like my novel if it's published. I'm afraid that one day I would go to a book signing and no one will come to get their books signed by me.



Can publishing companies make sure that nothing like that happens?



VIVA LA RAZA!Can publishing companies help edit your novel before it's published?
Publishers can not force people to come to a book signing.

Some publishers won't even set up book signings for every novel (that is often left up to the new author to arrange). Well known authors draw bigger crowds, which generate interest and sales.



If you have a lot of grammar problems, a publisher is not going to pay for a proof reader or editor to fix mistakes you should be able to fix yourself. It would take too much time, and time is money. Chances are, a work with that many mistakes won't even get past the first reading out of the slush pile. Too many errors distract from the story, and you want them to see the story, not the lack of basic grammar skills.



If you want to write, you'll have to accept that you'll need to improve your basic skills. If you wanted to be a long distance runner in the olmpics, would you only run short races in stiletto heels?











Can publishing companies help edit your novel before it's published?
Of course! When you get under contract with a publishing company, you'll also have someone who reads and corrects/discusses the manuscript with you. After all, if the book is bad, the publishing company would lose money too.Can publishing companies help edit your novel before it's published?
Well a way the Publishing companies will avoid that is by not publishing you. Don't get discouraged if people put down your story idea, if you like it then work with it.



As a suggestion, I write using the Vomit method. I get everything out on paper (doesn't need to be in any specific order). Then I do the Cleaning method by going through and fixing the paper into a story. I repeat the cleaning method by looking for things that don't fit the story or draw away from the main theme. I keep doing this until it looks good and doesn't need to be cleaned anymore (no mispellings or bad grammer).



When i first spoke with my friends and family about my stories they didn't care for it and shot it down in flames. But I pushed through their ridicule and bad comments and wrote my stories using the method above. Now my brothers keep calling me asking what's gonna happen next and my friends think I should consider publishing.



Good luck with you writing, and remember, don't get discouraged. Push through it and you could be the next Christopher Paolini.



Wow i sound like one of those motivational speakers lol.
Yes, the publisher will have your novel edited. It makes authors mad to see their original work changed by a stranger. You are the first author to want an editor..