Saturday, December 05, 2009

Another entry on "instant rejection"

There are now six ways to be instantly rejected.

The new, sixth, one is this:

The novel isn't finished. Finishing a novel is just the first part of writing it. After you finish, you edit. Then you let it sit for a while. Then you edit again.

If you think you're going to be done soon when you've only written 85% of the book, you're wrong. And you're also getting a rejection.

Query ONLY when you can send the fully finished and carefully edited novel as soon as I request it.
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3 comments:

  1. Steena Holmes12/5/09, 12:57 PM

    who knew a finished novel was so necessary? LOL

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  2. Anonymous12/5/09, 1:15 PM

    Oh, so NOW you agents want FINISHED novels, too?! You're so unreasonable and demanding! There's no pleasing you!

    :)

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  3. Stephanie12/6/09, 2:33 PM

    LOL at the above poster!!!

    I still am in complete shock that people try to pitch something that is not finished. Even in the very beginning, when I knew absolutely nothing...I never ever had any desire to seek publication till my novel was finished. (it sucked, but at least it was finished!)

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