Dear All,
I am new here, have read some great posts and finally get down to writing this. Everyone, Hi!
Well, I have a dilemma, would very much appreciate if anyone could pitch in.
I have finished my Lit Fic. From start to now has been 4 years. Edited it to death. Even rewrote it twice. And tested my versions of cover letter and synopsis and three chapters by sending out to a few agents at a time. While waiting for their reply, I'd read award-winning novels, lit magazines as such, and if I don't hear from any agents, I know that my stuff didn't work and by then, I had put away the novel for a few months. So I take it out and revise with a fresher eye, revise my synopsis and cover letter as well.
I didn't use beta reader nor attend any creative writing class, didn't pay any freelance editor neither. I guess I didn't feel comfortable with those methods.
Obviously, every time I return to my mss, I can see what was written badly before which I was blind at. And every time I finished revising, I felt confident with my mss to do new rounds of sending out. (I have done maybe 4 times) But my question is, I have been burning many bridges of good agencies. And I still don't have anyone ask for full. It is becoming worrisome.
Any suggestion?
I am new here, have read some great posts and finally get down to writing this. Everyone, Hi!
Well, I have a dilemma, would very much appreciate if anyone could pitch in.
I have finished my Lit Fic. From start to now has been 4 years. Edited it to death. Even rewrote it twice. And tested my versions of cover letter and synopsis and three chapters by sending out to a few agents at a time. While waiting for their reply, I'd read award-winning novels, lit magazines as such, and if I don't hear from any agents, I know that my stuff didn't work and by then, I had put away the novel for a few months. So I take it out and revise with a fresher eye, revise my synopsis and cover letter as well.
I didn't use beta reader nor attend any creative writing class, didn't pay any freelance editor neither. I guess I didn't feel comfortable with those methods.
Obviously, every time I return to my mss, I can see what was written badly before which I was blind at. And every time I finished revising, I felt confident with my mss to do new rounds of sending out. (I have done maybe 4 times) But my question is, I have been burning many bridges of good agencies. And I still don't have anyone ask for full. It is becoming worrisome.
Any suggestion?