Hello all, been lurking for a little while but this is my first post.
I got a MS request from an agent based on my query and sample pages. Several weeks later she got back to me saying that, though she hadn't yet finished it, she was "loving what she was seeing" and wanted to set up a phone call with me. We're scheduled to talk this coming Tuesday (6-20-17).
I have no idea what to expect from this conversation. I'm more familiar with the world of screenwriting, where the equivalent of this is something called a "general" where you sit down with the agent/manager/producer and just kind of shoot the shit and feel each other out (99 times out of 100 these meetings lead to nothing more than a free bottle of water). Is it sort of like that? Is there anything I should do to prepare for this conversation? Any particular questions I should expect? Should I get drunk first?
I imagine there's probably no single answer to this question and all these conversations are different, but if anybody would be kind enough to share their experiences I'd be very grateful.
Also I was kidding about getting drunk first. Unless you think I should in which case I'm not kidding...
I got a MS request from an agent based on my query and sample pages. Several weeks later she got back to me saying that, though she hadn't yet finished it, she was "loving what she was seeing" and wanted to set up a phone call with me. We're scheduled to talk this coming Tuesday (6-20-17).
I have no idea what to expect from this conversation. I'm more familiar with the world of screenwriting, where the equivalent of this is something called a "general" where you sit down with the agent/manager/producer and just kind of shoot the shit and feel each other out (99 times out of 100 these meetings lead to nothing more than a free bottle of water). Is it sort of like that? Is there anything I should do to prepare for this conversation? Any particular questions I should expect? Should I get drunk first?
I imagine there's probably no single answer to this question and all these conversations are different, but if anybody would be kind enough to share their experiences I'd be very grateful.
Also I was kidding about getting drunk first. Unless you think I should in which case I'm not kidding...