Do publishing companies correct your writing/grammer if there are mistakes?

say i write a book and send it in to be published, do the publishers make the corrections and send it back to me to retype it fixing any confusions or working with feedback that the publishers give?



basically can a 15 year old who doesn't have a DR in english write and count on publishers making our correctionsDo publishing companies correct your writing/grammer if there are mistakes?
No, they don't do corrections



What they do when your work contains obvious mistakes is reject it, usually without reading far enough to see what the story is. At a writing convention I attended, the panelists at one symposium agreed that the second (or third) mistake in the first ten pages will land that manuscript on the rejection pile. A query letter with even one mistake may be the reason an agent doesn't ask for the manuscript. One!



That's why anybody who dreams of becoming a paid author owes it to herself or himself to master grammar and writing mechanics, even though the process is boring.
You shouldn't rely on publishers to fix your writing for you - a lot of books DO have a few small grammar and other writing mistakes in them. Things are missed all the time.



I suggest you edit the hell out of your story before you send it to a publisher. You can also have an editor go over it for you, though.Do publishing companies correct your writing/grammer if there are mistakes?
to a certain extent - that does not mean you should be sloppy - if you are sloppy they will just send it back.



most of what they do is make recommendations concerning the story line.



type it on word perfect or something like that - or see if a teacher would be willing to edit for you before sending it in. get someone you trust who won't rewrite the whole story,.



consider doing short stories on the web - see if there is a group of writters someplace where you can submit part of a story or a short story or just a story idea.
Actually, I believe you have to employ an editor to correct your grammatical mistakes. Some publishing companies require you to have an editor check over your manuscript before they accept it. Sometimes, the only reason why manuscripts don't become published is because of excessive grammatical and mechanical errors.Do publishing companies correct your writing/grammer if there are mistakes?
A few of my friends have written books and are trying to get them published [I'm in high school] and my advice, from watching all of their mistakes, is find someone to edit your book for you. For example, get a couple of you friends, whose opinions you actually value, and who are good with the grammar//editing stuff, and ask them to read through and edit it. If you send a book to the publishers, you want it to be as near to perfect as possible, because they will be more impressed by your professionalism due to your book being completely ready.
First, you don't send it out to a publisher. If you, an unknown person, sends out a manuscript to a publisher, you'll never hear back or see it again. Publishers aren't the ones who deal with the authors initially. First you have to find a literary agent who deals with your genre, then convince them your book is worth their time.



You send a query letter to a prospective agent, no more than 100 words, briefly introducing yourself then selling your book to them and making them want to read it. DO NOT include your age or your level of education. Professionals tend to only like other "professionals" and if you tell them right away that you're 15, they'll likely laugh and toss the query letter.



There's websites that teach you how to write a good query letter and how to spot fake, scamming agents. Since your young, it wouldn't hurt to have a trusted adult (maybe a teacher?) help you with the query letter and then whatever might follow from there. That way, the adult can proof read the letter and make any corrections.



Some agents want you to send a couple sample chapters with the query letter. But I can tell you now, never send the whole manuscript. An agent has no business having the entire finished manuscript in their hands before you meet them and discuss business and YOU have YOUR copyright under YOUR name.



I would have someone proofread your manuscript and make as many corrections as they can. If an agent reads the sample chapters and is overwhelmed by mistakes, run-on sentences, and unclear ideas, they will toss it, no matter how interesting a story it is or how much potential. They are kinda lazy, I've noticed.



The mysterious dark world of going from Unknown to Published.



Also, never self publish. That's basically like suicide for that book. They make so many promises, and then do nothing.
It's basically your responsibility to send in a near-perfect manuscript. Publishers will tolerate the occasional error, point it out, and expect you to fix it. If your book is rife with errors, though, they'll just toss it. They don't have time to correct your spelling, and there are plenty of other grammatically correct manuscripts for them to publish.



Typically, you and your editors (friends, family, or a professional) will have caught all but a very few of your errors already. It's almost inconceivable to send in something you KNOW probably contains simple errors.



You don't have to have a doctorate in English to get your syntax right. It's just something you have to take into account while you're writing. Learn it now--no: learn it yesterday. Sorry to be harsh, but that's the truth.