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I have been looking at agents and publishing companies. I am about 55,000 words into my first novel. I have a couple of agent questions.
1. I know an agents job is basically to be a novel pimp. They take your work and get it out there from what I understand. But, Do you get an agent before or after you finish your work? I was hoping that an agent was also someone who could critique your work as you do it and lead you down the right path. Not only a pimp, but a cheerleader as well.
2. In hoping that, I have sent samples to various people, agencies etc. Other writers, magazine editors, people that work in the same genre that I am writing all claim that my story is fantastic so far that say this particular take has never been done. However, people like agents or publishers have all said, "sorry, not for us." How do I find someone in the biz that will read through the chapters and not just read the premise and get scared I am in over my head?
1. I know an agents job is basically to be a novel pimp. They take your work and get it out there from what I understand. But, Do you get an agent before or after you finish your work? I was hoping that an agent was also someone who could critique your work as you do it and lead you down the right path. Not only a pimp, but a cheerleader as well.
2. In hoping that, I have sent samples to various people, agencies etc. Other writers, magazine editors, people that work in the same genre that I am writing all claim that my story is fantastic so far that say this particular take has never been done. However, people like agents or publishers have all said, "sorry, not for us." How do I find someone in the biz that will read through the chapters and not just read the premise and get scared I am in over my head?