As for how much time people like me spend on here - we do so because we learned a lot from here, and as we learn we like to give back, help others learn and not make the same mistakes that we did.
Exactly. So when these hard, perhaps nit-picky, questions are posed to you, it should be an indicator of a few things.
Your pitch isn't as tight as it could be. Many writers recognize that their prose is bloated and through the editing process trim the fat away for clean, precise language. It's only natural when someone comes in and promises 'bigger, better and beyond', and what they're reading appears to be bloated and covered in fat, they are naturally going to trim away to get to the very meat of it.
This applies to their novels, their query letters, their summaries...
Mainly, what it is exactly that you are offering for the price quoted.
I had thought you came in for people to help you trim away that fat. When people started to pick at the nits, you grew defensive instead of recognizing that your plan and pitch wasn't a ironclad as it could be. Seems to me it's in your best interest to take the criticisms and give them a hard look. See if they actually have some substance to them.
These are savvy people on this board. They are not asking questions to be big meanie-heads. They are asking for clarity. What you have put forth is not clear to them. You can now work on your own copy to see that clarity is achieved.
Or you can say that everyone who is challenging your words and your meaning and your intent are 'big stinky doodooheds'.
Which, honestly, leaving aside commentary on maturity and professionalism, speaks volumes about what information you're willing to come up off of as being more than just vague to cover yourself contractually. Doesn't give
me any warm feelings of good will for someone that I would entering into a contract with and who is willing to take my money with no guarantees of precise language from your end in our deal.