Only writers who have submitted articles in newspapers get the manuscript of their first novel accepted?

Question

(Magazines or newspapers)

true or false

Answer 1

I don't know where you heard this, but it certainly is not true. Check out "Writer's Market" to get further information on how and to prepare and submit your ms.

Answer 2

Absolutely false.

Previous publication of fiction (short stories) might get an unpublished novelist a small edge with a potential publisher or agent, since it means somebody, somewhere, found the author good enough to publish.

Publishing non-fiction, like newspaper articles, proves nothing about the author's ability to write fiction and would be dismissed out of hand.

Answer 3

Absolutely false.