Katherinebs
I need help, please!
I had another person go through my manuscript. He's a professor in creative writing at a University in NY. I paid him a small sum to give me his opinion and correct anything that may need it.
He said- First time authors rarely get a manuscript over 100,000 words published. Mine is 189,000 words and there's a part two to it, if I can get it done that way. He advised I go up to 100,000 words and anything over that combine with the part two and leave it at that. He said it was very good, and made some changes here and there with grammar..etc. Would cutting it in half fly?
Now although many parts of the manuscript come from real life experiences, he said I should consider it a fiction-- romance/crime drama--because the male lead character has to do with the teamsters union and mob connections. In my eyes it's more a romance novel regardless of the organized crime suspense. I don't know which way to go on this now on either problem. :shrug
Any suggestions? :hail Help!
***OOPS! Forgot something: It's hard to break this manuscript down like that because every line and paragraph ties in with the story. A friend, who's an English teacher tried to help me cut it down and she said, it's like a 200,000 piece puzzle, you need every piece to make it complete. I'm losing my mind, :ack any help, guidance is appreciated. Thanks, Katherine
I had another person go through my manuscript. He's a professor in creative writing at a University in NY. I paid him a small sum to give me his opinion and correct anything that may need it.
He said- First time authors rarely get a manuscript over 100,000 words published. Mine is 189,000 words and there's a part two to it, if I can get it done that way. He advised I go up to 100,000 words and anything over that combine with the part two and leave it at that. He said it was very good, and made some changes here and there with grammar..etc. Would cutting it in half fly?
Now although many parts of the manuscript come from real life experiences, he said I should consider it a fiction-- romance/crime drama--because the male lead character has to do with the teamsters union and mob connections. In my eyes it's more a romance novel regardless of the organized crime suspense. I don't know which way to go on this now on either problem. :shrug
Any suggestions? :hail Help!
***OOPS! Forgot something: It's hard to break this manuscript down like that because every line and paragraph ties in with the story. A friend, who's an English teacher tried to help me cut it down and she said, it's like a 200,000 piece puzzle, you need every piece to make it complete. I'm losing my mind, :ack any help, guidance is appreciated. Thanks, Katherine