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I received the following response from an agent after submitting my full ms:
"We believe that you have crafted a great story and your writing is beautiful, however, we feel that the book is a bit overwritten. You give the reader too much detail, which takes the power out of the narrative. We would be interested in possibly representing you at a later date if you were open to cutting down some of the prose to allow the characters to move the story forward. If you would like more detailed comments, please let me know.
Thank you for your submission. We look forward to hearing from you."
I thanked them for their generous words, said I would absolutely welcome any comments and said I was more than willing to pare the book down to increase its momentum and increase my chances of representation from their agency. That was two months ago. Haven't heard anything.
Do I wait? Do I self edit and resubmit? Did I somehow unknowingly blow it in my response? What are "detailed comments" and is it realistic of me to assume that they are still being prepared even though I haven't heard anything?
I'm very flattered but also a bit perplexed.
"We believe that you have crafted a great story and your writing is beautiful, however, we feel that the book is a bit overwritten. You give the reader too much detail, which takes the power out of the narrative. We would be interested in possibly representing you at a later date if you were open to cutting down some of the prose to allow the characters to move the story forward. If you would like more detailed comments, please let me know.
Thank you for your submission. We look forward to hearing from you."
I thanked them for their generous words, said I would absolutely welcome any comments and said I was more than willing to pare the book down to increase its momentum and increase my chances of representation from their agency. That was two months ago. Haven't heard anything.
Do I wait? Do I self edit and resubmit? Did I somehow unknowingly blow it in my response? What are "detailed comments" and is it realistic of me to assume that they are still being prepared even though I haven't heard anything?
I'm very flattered but also a bit perplexed.