The latest agent to read my work said she loved the plot... A bit of a relief considering that I was more than a little worried that the plot would be too "out there"- yes, this is the story of that girl who can get her internal organs wrecked by large pointy objects shoved through her body and still fight on, and beats her watch captain in wrestling when they first meet (at 15). Yah! I guess it is a pretty good cathartic/escapist tale, as it's meant to be.
I got rejected anyway, of course, on the basis of not enough characterization (don't agree, but I'll try to get more opinions) and too much tell rather than show (not sure here, will try to get more opinions again). I'm thinking maybe the short-story style writing might have been the problem for her- that is, I summarize time periods where nothing really happens, and the thing reads... fast. Oh well, I'll post it in Share Your Work and see...
I got rejected anyway, of course, on the basis of not enough characterization (don't agree, but I'll try to get more opinions) and too much tell rather than show (not sure here, will try to get more opinions again). I'm thinking maybe the short-story style writing might have been the problem for her- that is, I summarize time periods where nothing really happens, and the thing reads... fast. Oh well, I'll post it in Share Your Work and see...
