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Another one of my dumb questions because I tend to think too much in the mornings. Blame my commute.
Requesting a full manuscript, I'm assuming, is a big deal. As an agent you're dedicating a lot of time to reading a manuscript that either has potential or you're hoping has the potential to be a sale for you. Now I know a lot of questions run through your mind when reading a full, such as do I love the voice? Do I love the plot? Can i sell this? Will people read it? Etc (i'm speaking as if I'm an agent, but I'm probably clueless ha).
Anyway, I'm just wondering, when does that feeling hit you that a) you want to sign the author b) that you want to reject.
Do you sometimes know you're going to reject or sign halfway through the full? I wouldn't be surprised that as an agent a decision is made just not to finish a full if you are not feeling a book or characters voice enough.
Just a curiosity question again I love hearing the responses from agents.
Requesting a full manuscript, I'm assuming, is a big deal. As an agent you're dedicating a lot of time to reading a manuscript that either has potential or you're hoping has the potential to be a sale for you. Now I know a lot of questions run through your mind when reading a full, such as do I love the voice? Do I love the plot? Can i sell this? Will people read it? Etc (i'm speaking as if I'm an agent, but I'm probably clueless ha).
Anyway, I'm just wondering, when does that feeling hit you that a) you want to sign the author b) that you want to reject.
Do you sometimes know you're going to reject or sign halfway through the full? I wouldn't be surprised that as an agent a decision is made just not to finish a full if you are not feeling a book or characters voice enough.
Just a curiosity question again I love hearing the responses from agents.