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- August 1st, 2011, 12:48 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Pitch help? (YA)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2179
Re: Pitch help? (YA)
Wow, thanks so much, polymath! Very helpful indeed. I am actually almost halfway through the first draft. I'm preparing the pitch for an upcoming writers' conference. (Although I won't be officially pitching, of course, since my novel isn't nearly finished.) I never thought of writing a pitch to pre...
- July 31st, 2011, 8:17 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Pitch help? (YA)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2179
Pitch help? (YA)
*edit*
Thanks so much for the help
(I deleted my pitch out of sheer embarrassment, but I will take the advice to heart!)
Thanks so much for the help
(I deleted my pitch out of sheer embarrassment, but I will take the advice to heart!)
- November 3rd, 2010, 8:25 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Can You Have Alternating Third Person/First Person?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8124
Re: Can You Have Alternating Third Person/First Person?
Yes you can. MY NAME IS MEMORY by Ann Brashares is a good example of this. It's actually pretty tricky... there are two protagonists, and it switches from third person between each of them, and then sometimes goes into first person (when one of them is sharing his memories). And like you said, the s...
- October 4th, 2010, 1:37 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Is my query query-ish enough?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4471
Re: Is my query query-ish enough?
Quill: I saw the humor, nothing malicious. :) android: Thanks for your comments. I thought the second query was less synopsis-like than the first one I posted, and I already sent it off to an agent I like, so we'll see... :/ But I do see your point. OH and one of the guys turns out to be kind of a j...
- October 3rd, 2010, 7:11 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Is my query query-ish enough?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4471
Re: Is my query query-ish enough?
Thanks, everyone, you guys are super helpful. Here is a new version -- I tried to do the hook, synopsis, details kind of format. A suicidal almost-boyfriend and a potential true love who risked illegal immigration to see her again. That’s what Ronnie Gold, senior, has. If only Ronnie Gold, freshman...
- September 28th, 2010, 2:28 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Is my query query-ish enough?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4471
Re: Is my query query-ish enough?
Thanks, Mark and Hillary! (Hillary, you made me crack up with the bitter divorcee comment... I definitely didn't think of it that way until you pointed it out! Thanks! haha) I made a few changes to the query up there. I am wondering, though... I have heard to put the title and word count at the end,...
- September 27th, 2010, 11:06 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Is my query query-ish enough?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4471
Is my query query-ish enough?
Hi everyone. A lot of you have given me some great feedback on my past queries for RONNIE FOR REAL. I'm looking for help again because I think my queries have been too similar to my synopsis. Thank you! *Edit* Newest version is down there in post 6! RONNIE FOR REAL is an 85,000 word young adult nov...
- September 8th, 2010, 3:04 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Resubmitting etiquette
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2352
Re: Resubmitting etiquette
Thanks, Holly. Excellent suggestions. I took your advice. :)
- September 8th, 2010, 2:07 am
- Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
- Topic: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
- Replies: 213
- Views: 184729
Re: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Dear Mr. Bransford, RONNIE FOR REAL is a 90,000 word young adult novel told in two parts: Freshman Year and Senior Year. Freshman Ronnie Gold wants high school to change her. She wants to grow up, to learn about photography and French, to talk to boys without melting in embarrassment. If someone had...
- September 8th, 2010, 2:01 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Rejection Stats
- Replies: 227
- Views: 149937
Re: Rejection Stats
Genre: Contemporary YA
Queries sent: 17
Rejections: 11
Pending: 6
Partial requests: 0
Full requests: 1.... rejected
Just got a rejection on my first full. Ouch. :/ Sigh. Try, try again.
Queries sent: 17
Rejections: 11
Pending: 6
Partial requests: 0
Full requests: 1.... rejected
Just got a rejection on my first full. Ouch. :/ Sigh. Try, try again.
- September 8th, 2010, 2:01 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Resubmitting etiquette
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2352
Resubmitting etiquette
If an agent gave feedback on a full, offering suggestions to improve the MS... but didn't invite me to resubmit... could I still resubmit after I've made the changes? Or is that a huge no-no? And another thing, am I supposed to send a reply thanking her for her helpful feedback? Or not? Because I do...
- August 30th, 2010, 5:07 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: query Forever Young (v. 4.0)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2459
Re: query Forever Young (v. 3.0)
I completely agree with thewhipslip.
You need to add a lot more detail to grab the agent and make them care. Your story does sound good, but it didn't paint a clear enough picture for me -- probably because you were trying not to give too much away. You should add the details thewhipslip suggested.
You need to add a lot more detail to grab the agent and make them care. Your story does sound good, but it didn't paint a clear enough picture for me -- probably because you were trying not to give too much away. You should add the details thewhipslip suggested.
- August 30th, 2010, 5:00 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: 7 Rejections - Time for a Revision - round 3 Anyone??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4403
Re: 7 Rejections - Time for a Revision
OK, I have commented on a few queries so I think it only fair that I put mine out there to go under the knife. I'm hoping that it's my query that needs help and not my story. Here goes: Dear Agent, When Jane Picardy, a talented concert pianist, finds an old conductor’s baton, she does what any self...
- August 24th, 2010, 10:57 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: December--Your Help Needed!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3476
Re: Query: December--Revision--Your Help (still) Needed!
Thanks so much for your help! It looks like I have a second problem--not wanting to give everything away, but still make the story intriguing. Thanks for helping me see that. Here's round two--hopefully clearer: It’s December 1945, but the first peacetime Christmas after World War II holds few tidi...
- August 24th, 2010, 3:21 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Teenage Writers?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 24014
Re: Teenage Writers?
I'm 20 and a college student. I wrote most of my novel last year, my first year of college, and... basically I just didn't have a social life at all. I didn't have a job either. But I also only spent 2-3 hours every other day writing, so I think I could balance that with school and a job next time. ...