>>5094859No idea how the industry works in Poland (or if there are even some differences). The start to become a writer is to write something. As stupid as this sounds, until you don't got anything to show some you don't even need to try to call yourself a writer. Couldn't make it out what exactly you want to write. If you want to publish historic academic texts then you should probably enroll in an university, try to publish some articles in scientific journals. You don't need an academic background to write historic non-fiction books, but it helps getting started and gives you some credibility.
If you want to write fiction, then you may start with some short stories. Because they are shorter and you don't spend potentially years until you finish your first one. You could try to get them published in anthologies, even in Poland there must some kind of contests for short stories where you can get your name on something.
For novels you either try directly to ask appropriate publishers, send them your manuscript and some nice pitch. Or get some agency to do that for you (they take a cut though if they can make a deal). No idea how exactly the industry is in Poland. For the US agencies are pretty common, here in Germany not that much.
Lastly if they don't want your writing (and there is a 95% that they don't, even if your writing is really good. Newcomers have a hard time and need a lot of luck), you can try self-publishing. Google that word, this post is getting long enough. Be aware that as a self-publisher you have to make/pay for your own cover, have to pay for a lektorship (if you don't do it yourself) and have to market it all by yourself. But you got the full control over your works and get the best cut out of every sale.
One thing I can promise you is that shit won't be easy.
t. struggling writer
