This made me chuckle, because I had a publisher doing a paid critique at one of the two conferences I've been to tell me that I first needed to...
What I just got back would indicate that its my ability to write.
After ten years, it's no longer whining. Whining would be if I was wondering why I hadn't sold my very first book, having been writing a year or...
I only subbed to agents saying they accepted both MG and fantasy. Query letter, synopsis (only about 3 agents required that), and ms itself...
Ten years is evidence of persistence. People with no persistence don't stick with something even half that long. And it's also long enough for...
I appreciate all the encouragement here, but I don't think my initial points are getting through. I've been writing for ten years without even...
Hmm. What I got back on my WIP indicates 'unfixable.' It's beyond bad. I'm actually getting worse with each new effort.
I forgot I had ever posted it in here. My current WIP is so bad, it's not worth finishing. A huge blow, as I had thought it contained my best...
That's not the opening of my book, but rather the first chapter of a second book that was never written and apparently, doesn't need to be. Where...
No, it's profoundly bad. Every sentence and nearly every word is wrong. Bad writing. Unfixable, imo. I'd have to rewrite every single line...
Yep, bad writing.
Not to wear my inner frustrations on my sleeve, but yeah, I'm pulling my hair out. And I already have depression issues--as many writers do--and...
Just the editor who proofed my ms. I've been to two conferences and got paid critiques, but when I was finally able to get one from an editor...
Yes to both. I'm getting very frustrated. I know I'm not the only one on a site like this, but I have no idea what to do. Maybe I should quit.
Anyone else frustrated with trying to figure out what agents and editors want, and not being able to break through? I must be an incredibly bad...
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