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pnwmom

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23. If you are planning to send this to an agent, I wouldn't send a first draft.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 11:32 PM

Aug 2012

If, based on your proposal, an agent were to request to see the novel, he or she would expect to read a polished manuscript, not a first draft. If you haven't done this already, I suggest you study books on self-editing and plotting. It's a cliche, but you only have one chance to make a great first impression.

www.absolutewrite.com is a website with a lot of good information for writers. Good luck!

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So I wrote the manuscript, the query and the synopsis. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 OP

Marketing: Self published and Pubishing Houses PATRICK Jul 2012 #1

Thanks. One way or another, my manuscript will be published Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #2

I disagree. For a first novel, legacy publishing makes you stand out. mainer Jul 2012 #3

I am going to make the attempt to get the agent. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #4

A few no-nos on queries mainer Jul 2012 #5

That's spot on. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #6

About queries: focus on the main character and his/her primary crisis mainer Jul 2012 #7

Hopefully I have accomplished that. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #8

Multiply published (legacy publisher) in fiction. mainer Jul 2012 #9

Congratulations on your success! Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #10

If you have any specific questions, post them. mainer Jul 2012 #11

Well, the question that I hesitated asking because I thought it was rude... Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #12

"Legacy publishing" is a new-ish term, to distinguish it from self-publishing mainer Jul 2012 #13

Thank you so much mainer! Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #14

It has been my experience that there is a very good reason SheilaT Jul 2012 #15

Which is why readers will eventually move back to traditionally published books. mainer Jul 2012 #16

Yep. SheilaT Jul 2012 #17

Yes PATRICK Jul 2012 #18

Agents DO read queries. mainer Jul 2012 #19

I was in a writing workshop about two decades ago, and a SheilaT Jul 2012 #20

In answer to your question about proposals... sybylla Jul 2012 #21

Thanks sybylla: Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #22

If you are planning to send this to an agent, I wouldn't send a first draft. pnwmom Aug 2012 #23

I've been writing manuscripts for so long that I edit as I go along. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #24

Fiction Proposal Electrominuette Aug 2012 #25