How to get published?

You not only have to finish the story first, you have to edit and re-edit until it is polished. You want it to be the best it can be before you submit it anywhere. Major publishers will not look at your work. You would have to go through an agent. So finding an agent would be your first step. Unless you want to try alternative routes like POD (publish on demand) or self-publishing. I wrote my first novel and put it on a shelf. I am working on my second novel and since I have learned a lot over the last 4 years (since joining a writing group) I know my second novel is better than my first, and my first needs a major overhaul. I know someone who has an agent and she has given me his name and said I could use her name but I have not approached him because I do not have a finished piece of work to present him with as yet. At that time I will also be able to say I have a couple of other things in the works. Agents/publishers/editors do not want one-hit wonders. They want someone who will sell a lot of books for them. Good luck!

f i were u..dont make problem 1st in publishing when u r not finishing the story yet....u have to check and edit and reedit again to test whether there r wrong grammars or explicit expressions...it's not really easy to find a publisher esp. f u r a first timer writer but f u r rich enough to publish it then why not b independent...but f u r really to determined to publish ur story then why not continue 4 ur good job...by the way wats the story s all about?

First of all congratulations on embarking on the thankless path of a starving writer. Tip number one is to learn to spell correctly and to utilize punctuation properly. Your post leaves something to be desired grammatically as well. I hope your story is better written. That being said, I don't want to discourage you from trying. Also, don't worry about finding someone to publish your story until you have one. Finish it first. Then you can start shopping it around. I know dozens of people that have said they are "writers" but have no finished work to prove it. If this is your first story, don;t bother to try to publish it now. Finish it, put it in a draw and write the next one. Then write another one. Once you have the third one finished, try to publish that one. This accomplishes two things; it helps you refine your craft and it also allows you to answer the publisher enthusiastically when they ask "What else do you have?" There are several published guides for finding short or novel length fiction markets, but honestly, a writer is a "writer" because they write, not because they prematurely attempt to sell and untested and unfinished product.