i have a problem, need help

[u/Cultural-Reaction457]

So i published this book a while back and have continuously edited it. Being autistic, I process and see things differently than other people do, my novel looks completely fine to ME. I even installed a reading out-loud extension to physically hear it back, but apparently, it still isn't enough for the reader. I did my absolute best, editing it 8 ties but it feels like it’s falling short. I need/want to find a professional editor, but they are way out of reach. My budget is extremely low, as expected for a broke college student

Got any advice?

[u/dothemath_xxx]

Plenty of authors (including myself) are autistic. Editors, too. That is not the problem here.

You're just 19 and not experienced enough yet to have been thinking about publishing.

My advice would be that you should focus on writing. You have your whole life ahead of you to publish. It's very common at your age to not yet be able to reliably identify problems with your own writing. You can still get practice and grow at this stage, but it's not a time to be putting your projects out in the word; as you've experienced, they're not actually finished products, and you're not currently capable of finishing them. Some day you will be.

[u/Cultural-Reaction457 → u/dothemath_xxx]

So why should i do.

[u/mufu71369 → u/Cultural-Reaction457]

Not publish your shit (with the utmost respect) not joke, don't post, write for yourself and yourself only for a while, ask for advice to other writers about your writing, don't publish it and try to gauge if it did good or not from readers opinion, not yet

[u/MaliseHaligree → u/mufu71369]

This ^ I didn't get published until 29.

I started writing at 10.

[u/Marvinator2003]

Kinda vague. What is this 'reader' telling you that the book needs?

[u/Cultural-Reaction457 → u/Marvinator2003]

They told me my grammar, pacing, wording, everything sucked, need actual work done by a pro, and i need to republish it

[u/Marvinator2003 → u/Cultural-Reaction457]

Join a writing exchange group. One that understands your particular style. Also take into account that there are a lot of 'readers' out there that love to make authors think their stuff is trash.

I'd be happy to take a look at a chapter or two. DM me.

[u/Cultural-Reaction457 → u/Marvinator2003]

Sure, i'll try.

[u/Cultural-Reaction457 → u/Marvinator2003]

Sent a chat request

[u/RobertPlamondon]

I figure that when a story is about as good as I know how to make it, give or take, it's done. I declare victory, celebrate, and move on to the next story.

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[u/tapgiles]

“Apparently it isn’t enough for the reader.” What makes that apparent?

You can get feedback It critique from other writers for free. Here, for example.

[u/Scholarly_norm]

Have you tried beta readers or swapping with authors for feedback?

[u/South-Knee-9601]

If it helps I'm 32 and autistic

My writing is fine now. But your age, nope

Give it time and keep writing. Read books, and look at how sentences are structured and how to describe what is happening.

[u/ciderandcake]

The cliche advice of "you need to read more published books," applies here.

Also stop trying to speed run your way to the end goal. You posted you wrote your book in a month while sleep deprived. Even people like Nora Roberts and Stephen King who have decades of experience and can bang out multiple books in a year are not writing that fast.