You’ve probably heard me say that you should repurpose your writing as much as possible. Get more mileage out of your work by submitting your writing to multiple places. But there are sometimes you don’t want to repurpose your writing into articles.

I was talking with a potential client the other day. She said she didn’t need any coaching or editing help right now. However, if she wanted to turn her writing into articles, she wanted my help.

We had already been talking for awhile about her writing. I knew she was querying agents and editors. She was determined to take the traditional route to publication.

If you are seeking a traditional publisher, you want to be sure that the work you are submitting has not been published before. Appearing on the Internet constitutes “published” to most traditional publishers.

Once you have a contract, you can ask about the policy for posting chapters and excerpts for promotional purposes. Different publishers have different rules about that.

In the meantime, don’t post anything anywhere that you are shopping to agents and editors. This rule applies to both fiction and non-fiction.

If you write non-fiction, you can write articles about the same subject. Doing this benefits you by establishing you as an expert in your field.

If you write fiction, you can write articles about your research, your writing techniques, or the world of your characters. This can create interest in your work.

Just don’t post or publish any portion of the work you are submitting. You want to build up your audience and your platform. However, as far as the actual content of your book, you need to save that to submit for publication.

If you want to learn how to write articles fast, check out the 7 Minute Article Secret. You can learn to write faster to make it easier to repurpose your writing into articles.