On the difficutly/necessity/futility of sending out material:
http://www.playscripts.com/blog/2012/06/sending-it-out/
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- June 13th, 2012, 11:07 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 824315
- June 9th, 2012, 12:11 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The guilt of being a non-published fiction writer
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9710
Re: The guilt of being a non-published fiction writer
I think we're all just worried about being taken as pretentious posers. There are plenty of people who say they're writers who aren't actually writing anything, and they give all the rest of us a bad name. But I hate to break it to you - it never ends, even if you are published. Here's how it goes w...
- May 2nd, 2012, 5:49 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 824315
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
I've been asked to write a blog by my publisher. Here's an entry on my ten-year journey to get a play produced.
http://www.playscripts.com/blog/2012/05 ... s-so-long/
http://www.playscripts.com/blog/2012/05 ... s-so-long/
- November 15th, 2011, 3:41 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Game of Thrones
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15435
Re: Game of Thrones
I think they're outstanding. Truly worth it. There are, of course, jaw-dropping moments, but when was the last time you read a book when you were legitimately scared for the main characters? You know they might perish at any point, no one is safe, and that anything can happen. I love his willingness...
- July 18th, 2011, 12:55 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Can I share some good news with you?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5835
Re: Can I share some good news with you?
Congratulations! How wonderful! Keep us informed!
(Still on submission with mine - looks like it will be an R&R for me, but I still have my fingers crossed.)
(Still on submission with mine - looks like it will be an R&R for me, but I still have my fingers crossed.)
- July 17th, 2011, 9:23 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Strategic title
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3382
Re: Strategic title
Curriculum Vitae. Essentially a resume, with emphasis on anything that might inform you as a writer.
- July 14th, 2011, 10:20 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Screenplay craft book for Novelists?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2908
Re: Screenplay craft book for Novelists?
I'm a screenwriter/novelist/playwright, (well, mostly playwright) but the single most useful book I've ever found for screenwriting is Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder. Snyder might not be your cup of tea, but he's brilliant at structure. And character development and structure should go hand-in-hand. ...
- July 8th, 2011, 6:47 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Four Ways NOT to Get an Agent
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3943
Re: Four Ways NOT to Get an Agent
Although I agree with the vast majority of this, I think that if you have specific and impressive credentials that will force someone to take you more seriously, you put them up front. Let's say you were a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in another field, or had some other singular, major award that...
- June 17th, 2011, 10:08 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Concerns about the darkness in recent YA
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15975
Re: Concerns about the darkness in recent YA
I don't write YA, I don't read YA, but I do teach writing, and I've taught it to kids ranging from 12-22 or so. I'm also not so old that I don't look back at what I wrote when I was 17-21 or so (or more fairly 17-25) and shudder. I'll agree that 90% of all teenage writers and even college-age writer...
- April 22nd, 2011, 4:01 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Rejection Stats
- Replies: 227
- Views: 150077
Re: Rejection Stats
Here's how it worked: In January, a colleague of mine, who's a mid-list (on occasion best-selling) author, put me in touch with an agent friend of hers. Agent #1 was excited and said she'd get back to me in two weeks... Two months later - I had nudged her twice, but nothing, so I figured she wasn't ...
- April 22nd, 2011, 10:58 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Rejection Stats
- Replies: 227
- Views: 150077
Re: Rejection Stats
Got an offer of representation from my top agent today! So freaking excited!
- April 20th, 2011, 4:44 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Rejection Stats
- Replies: 227
- Views: 150077
Re: Rejection Stats
Nice! Sounds like you're on a roll. I've got my fingers crossed on a revise and resubmit right now. Friday the agent is calling back.
- April 18th, 2011, 12:31 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Rejection Stats
- Replies: 227
- Views: 150077
Re: Rejection Stats
Wonderful news! Here's hoping your submission process finds a quick publisher!
- April 5th, 2011, 10:45 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Super Sad True Agent Story
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14241
Re: Super Sad True Agent Story
I agree. Agents get a hundred or more queries a day. They can only represent a few clients well. It's all very well and good for us to say that they should be faster, or they should be more respectful, but their job isn't responding to queries. Their job is representing their clients. If an agent sp...
- March 31st, 2011, 1:15 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Super Sad True Agent Story
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14241
Re: Super Sad True Agent Story
I wouldn't give up on the other agent just yet. Who knows what's going on over there. It sounds like you're really, really close. Try sending another round of queries (terrible, I know, but some on querytracker report sending as many as 175 queries before finding an agent) and then get started on bo...