That was the second rule on my original list. I generally find that a break of a few weeks between drafts helps me with clarity for self-editing. I no longer remember what I meant to say so clumsy expression and clunky grammar stand out better.







No, I'm being precise in my definitions. A business plan would usually include financial projections of how the business would go, profit & loss, risk assessments on best, middle, and worst cases, and generally a lot more detail. A mission statement is a description of what you intend to do and some core values or methods.

A business case is really "why you should take a second look at this". It's the difference between a scooter and an SUV.

The real difference between a business case and a business plan? About £3,500 when I'm doing them!




Yes, that is a problem. I'm not sure how you'll get past that.







I suggest you start by figuring out what you estimate you'll need in time and costs, so you know the magnitude of asset you require. For example, if you think you'll need 500 man-hours, $1000 dollars of legal for registration etc., $1500 to hire somebody to get you a sales deal etc. at least that gives you some solid objectives.







Imagine the fun I have with sales in the US but tax in the UK.
















That's a robust body of work. Since traders is probably the nearest to finish, take some stock on that one. How close to complete is the story? Would it nicely fit into a 60k word package (which equals a Createspace print edition selling at say $13 with you getting about half of that)? Would it be better as a trilogy of novellas at 20k each, selling for $2.99 apiece on Amazon kindle?

I'm not advising that you let the packaging determine the story, but now's the time to decide how best to present what you've got. The final draft is the time to make editors/publishers happy, even if you are your own editor and publisher.




Returning to a previous point, when you are ready you need to get in two or three beta-readers. You ideally need one who is great at nitpicking, especially on typos and grammar, one who is not savvy in the genre who will get confused every time you make assumptions about your readers, and one who "gets" what you are doing and is a barometer for your target audience. Between the three you should get a good picture of what work needs doing on a final draft.

Sometimes you can get offers like that from the folks at Goodreads or other book-discussion places. The advantage of that is that you then have some advocates and reviewers for your work when it comes out.