I am asking for advice, tips and etc. to help me make my story or book

[Guest]

(I am planning to publish it to Wattpad first then make a hardcopy or sort of not pdf related, like reading a real book.) Currently I am in my teen years and I have some questions in my mind and I would like them to be answered.

But before that, and before publishing at Wattpad, I am currently using Google Docs since yeah-

Anyways, here are my questions:
1.) What size or paper size should I use in Google Docs?
2.) How can I print my book as a young writer?
3.) What apps do y'all use when making a cover?
4.) How to start a chapter or like get the idea of the next chapter?(I need to clarify this-)
5.) What kind of publishing companies or related to that could I possibly publish my book?
6.) Can I use a phone or a tablet to write my book/story?

I hope someone could answers my question! Recommending apps, giving tips and advices are OK. I just want to clarify all of my questions so I could continue with my book I am writing.

[Maggie]

You can produce your book in any way that feels comfortable. NEVER use an app to produce cover or written material. Apps steal material already on the internet. This is plagiarism. I have produced my book in omnibus and serialized form. I used photographs for all of them, five by a local artist and one a very old family photo.

The photos are strongly related to subject matter. I used a local graphic artist (who also happens to be the photographer) to convert the photos to covers. Couldn't get amazon to copy the link but here is a printscreen so you can see how that turned out. How you publish is a personal choice. I chose Amazon but you may not like the entrepreneurial feel of it.

Above all: ANY "PUBLISHER" WHO ASKS FOR ANY MONEY is making money from YOU NOT YOUR BOOK. Run screaming from them and learn to spot the ones who say they are Amazon but aren't. If traditional is more your thing, there are people who can give you much better advice than me.

I am telling you here about my journey. Everyone else's is different. Research carefully. Take your time. And above all, have fun. Seeing your work publicly available, holding that first copy from the printer, is a rush not quite like anything else.

We are here. Good luck.

[Tchimi]

First, I advice you do self publishing on Amazon kdp since you are still young and probably not working, what it will cause you is to get an Amazon course and use your tablet to type since you don't have a laptop, I advice using Google docs as it could serve as your manuscript.

And write all the book without checking these details, after writing then you could start editing

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[Aveline]

Hi! Like you, I use Google docs. I don’t think about page size. When I upload onto kindle direct publishing, it does all that. And KDP has a front cover creator. At present I just use a photo I took as my front cover.

I write solely on my smartphone, straight into google docs. This is convenient for me because I write on the beach.

I am writing my book a chapter at a time and publishing each as a story on kindle direct publishing. Then I will be putting it together as a book.

[Rebekah]

There is a lot of Information available on YouTube. Including things like how to make a cover, chapter transitions and independent versus traditional publishing.

Good luck.