Funda iNcazelo ye-'Eng Spec 'kuMbhalisi okanye kuMhleli

Kubani ababenomsebenzi wokubhala abangayazi ukuba igama elithi "spec" lithetha ntoni, livela kwigama elithi "ucacisa." Ukubeka nje, kuthetha ukuba ubhala into ethile ngaphandle kwemvume, ecacileyo okanye ecacileyo, ukuba lo mshicilelo uza kuthenga umsebenzi kuwe emva kokuba ugqibile ukuyibhala. Ngokwenene, njengombhali, ucinga ukuba umntu uya kukunika ithuba kwaye uthatha udonga ebumnyameni.

Ukubhala iFiction kwi-Spec

Ukubhala kwi-spec kuninzi kumgangatho wokubhala weengcamango abambalwa abalobi namhlanje banokucinga ngento eyenzayo. Ukuba umhleli akathengi isiqwenga ngoko kukudumala okukhulu kuwe, umbhali, kodwa kwakhona, njengombhali, uya kwenza konke okubhaliweyo ngumbhali wenkohliso: yenza ibali lakho kwelinye imvulophu uze uyithumele Umhleli olandelayo kumgca. Uza kuqhubeka uphinda inkqubo okanye ibali lithengiwe okanye uphumelele kubahleli ukuba ufike. Kuyinto engaqhathananga ukuba ibali leengcamango libhekiselele kwiimarike ezingenakuthengiswa kwenye indawo, ingakumbi ukuba uzimisele ukwenza umsebenzi omncinci phakathi kokuzama ukupapashwa.

Ukubhala kwi-Spec for Non-Fiction Kungozi

Ukubhala okungabonakaliyo kwimbali enye ibhola ngenxa yokuba, ngokwenene, ukubhala kudla ngokuthe ngqo kumashishini athile. Ngokomzekelo, masithi ubhala isiqwenga se-Exotic Bug Quarterly, umagazini kunye nabathandi be-bug eziqhelekileyo.

Kukho imarike yesibini yecandelo olivelisayo (ngaphandle kokuba, ngokuqinisekileyo, unokubeka "jikelele" kunye "nomntu ophakanyisiweyo"). Ngako oko, ukubhala kwi-spec kuyinto isisombululo esiphezulu kakhulu. Yingakho inkqubo yokungeniswa kweemarike ezininzi ezingabonakaliyo zenzelwe ukunciphisa umngcipheko wabalobi kunye nabahleli.

Inkqubo ngeNyathelo-ngcaciso yabalobi abangabonanga

Ababhali abangabonakaliyo baqala inkqubo yokungenisa ngombuzo ochaza ingcamango yabo ibali kunye naliphi na ibali elipapashwe ngaphambili elifutshane kunye nebali elicetywayo. Umhleli ujonge iingcamango zamabali kunye neziqeshana kwaye uzama ukunquma ukuba ngaba ungayilungele ibali. Ukuba umhleli ubona ufanelekile, uya kutyunjwa ukuba ubhale ibali ngemali evunyelweneyo. Ukuba unesivumelwano sokubhalwa ibali kwaye isiqwenga sifumaneka samkelekanga okanye asiyi kuqhuba esinye isizathu, mhlawumbi uya kufumana into ebizwa ngokuthi "imali yokubulala."

Umngcipheko kunye noMvuzo njengoMbhali we-Freelance

Kude ufike kwindawo ethile kwi-career yakho apho abahleli baqala ukukucela ngomsebenzi, yonke into (okanye ncinane kakhulu inkolelo emfutshane) ithathwa njengokuba i-spec. Ngaphandle kobuxoki, yinto yokugweba ingozi kunye nemivuzo. Ukuba umvuzo unengqiqo kuwe njengombhali, kunokufaneleka ingozi yokubeka isiqwenga onokukwazi ukuthengisa. Nantoni na oyenzayo, qinisekisa ukuba uyaqonda ngokucacileyo oko wenzayo kwaye kutheni, kwaye yintoni na ukuphakanyiswa kunye neentsidi zakho. Kwakhona, akukho nto ithi ngaphambi kokuba uthumele nawuphi na umsebenzi kumpapasho kufuneka ukwazi iindidi zomsebenzi abapapashileyo.