I'm thinking of reapproaching some agents who rejected my full manuscript a year or two ago with specific comments. It's changed a lot since then. I would feel more confident about doing this if I had any idea of how many pages they read since most of the work has been done on the first 50 pages.
1) I'm wondering how many agents who request a full actually read the whole thing.
2) If not, why do they make global comments that seem to apply to the whole book when they've only read, say, ten pages.
3) This is why I like it when an agent requests a partial. If they then request the full you can pretty much figure they liked the first 5, 10, or 50 pages.
4) Or can you?
1) I'm wondering how many agents who request a full actually read the whole thing.
2) If not, why do they make global comments that seem to apply to the whole book when they've only read, say, ten pages.
3) This is why I like it when an agent requests a partial. If they then request the full you can pretty much figure they liked the first 5, 10, or 50 pages.
4) Or can you?