Hi, I have submitted my current novel to agents before and was told several times it had good bones, and was a good story - but nothing unusual. I was also told that it was good, but 'said agent' just wasn't drawn in enough to offer representation.
So, I shelved it for the last 3 years, and just now heard that the MS genre is in again. So I decided to rework it, and ended up gutting it and starting over. It flows much better now, and is a whole new book.
So, when I submit it to said agents again, do I mention I have submitted the concept before and that they liked the concept (and that I have taken their comment into consideration)...
Or do I present it as a whole new book, which it is, gutted and all - the original sense or idea that inspired the MS the only thing being untouched.
*help*
ETA: I only submit to members or the Writer's Guild, SCWBI, or AAR - as many of the others I have submitted to in the past have turned out to be 'questionable' on P&E, at best.
(And as for the "I was also told that it was good, but 'said agent' just wasn't drawn in enough to offer representation", it wasn't part of a standard rejection, and I know that because it was a letter addressed to me [my name, commenting on specific things talked about in a previous letter] in the return SASE. I did not have the internet at the time, and know it was not a form letter - rushed spelling mistakes on it, punctuation, and all, on the hurried/hand-signed response.)
So, I shelved it for the last 3 years, and just now heard that the MS genre is in again. So I decided to rework it, and ended up gutting it and starting over. It flows much better now, and is a whole new book.
So, when I submit it to said agents again, do I mention I have submitted the concept before and that they liked the concept (and that I have taken their comment into consideration)...
Or do I present it as a whole new book, which it is, gutted and all - the original sense or idea that inspired the MS the only thing being untouched.
*help*
ETA: I only submit to members or the Writer's Guild, SCWBI, or AAR - as many of the others I have submitted to in the past have turned out to be 'questionable' on P&E, at best.
(And as for the "I was also told that it was good, but 'said agent' just wasn't drawn in enough to offer representation", it wasn't part of a standard rejection, and I know that because it was a letter addressed to me [my name, commenting on specific things talked about in a previous letter] in the return SASE. I did not have the internet at the time, and know it was not a form letter - rushed spelling mistakes on it, punctuation, and all, on the hurried/hand-signed response.)
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