Rejection-feeling blue

Yeah - those rejections suck. Just keep submitting it - somebody will fall in love iwth it eventually...

One opinion doesn't represent them all. That doesn't mean your writing stinks; it just meant he didn't love it. You want your agent to get excited about your manuscript. Hopefully, you get better results with the next!

Sorry. But it sounds like you're doing the right thing. All you can do is keep writing and submitting. Hang in there.

Sorry about the rejection but you're obviously doing something right or you wouldn't be getting requests for fulls and partials. It's hard not to let it get you down though. Keep on submitting until there's no place left to submit to. Good luck.

Word, AppleTree. I just had my first choice of agent reject me on the partial. She wrote a note that she loved my writing and the premise of the story, but didn't like my main character and didn't want to spend any more time with her.

Then she blogged about it. (yes, really)

Someone else will love it- you're getting requests. Sorry about the feelin' blues, but it sounds like you're on to something.

Don't despair, AppleTree! That's his form letter--I received the same one last week on my full. Definitely, definitely do not kick yourself over a form. (Trust me. I kick myself around so much I could have been an extra in Bend it Like Beckham). Wait it out and see what happens with the rest of the material you have out there.

Apple, first off...sorry about the rejection. I've read how a lot of guy agents will represent chick lit, so keep sending to all the guy agents in the world! (well...you get what I mean)

Ughh! I hate form letters

Pisarz said:

Don't despair, AppleTree! That's his form letter--I received the same one last week on my full. Definitely, definitely do not kick yourself over a form. (Trust me. I kick myself around so much I could have been an extra in Bend it Like Beckham). Wait it out and see what happens with the rest of the material you have out there.

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We all hate form letters, and rejections. Like people have said keep on submitting.

Kevvers

Giant Baby said:

Word, AppleTree. I just had my first choice of agent reject me on the partial. She wrote a note that she loved my writing and the premise of the story, but didn't like my main character and didn't want to spend any more time with her.

Then she blogged about it. (yes, really)

Someone else will love it- you're getting requests. Sorry about the feelin' blues, but it sounds like you're on to something.

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Wow, GB, that was YOU?
Don't feel too sad. It sounds like it is something that is going to appeal to some agent and obviously all the other pieces are there. She requested and rejected a partial of mine too, and now I have another agent, so it does happen.

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Then she blogged about it. (yes, really)

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Ouch. That stinks.

I admire you. . You didn't fall to pieces and hide out in your closet for a month.

lkp said:

Wow, GB, that was YOU?
Don't feel too sad. It sounds like it is something that is going to appeal to some agent and obviously all the other pieces are there. She requested and rejected a partial of mine too, and now I have another agent, so it does happen.

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That's very encouraging, lkp, thanks! My only disappointment is that she's not going to be my agent, because I like the way she works and thinks. I didn't mind at all that she didn't like the character--it's a story about the transformation of a very damaged woman and the pages in the partial she had aren't always pretty. She wrote me a very encouraging note.

Meira said:

Ouch. That stinks.

I admire you. . You didn't fall to pieces and hide out in your closet for a month.

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Ha! I took it out in my blog a little and then started writing queries. Thanks, Meira!

'Didn't feel strongly enough...' Well, that's the form, isn't it, and is better than 'Ye Gods, what Class A substance did you ingest that made you think you could write?'

Someone else might drool over it! Keep sending it out!

Ninety-nine percent of rejections come from agents and publishers who are overworked and underpaid. The rejections are depressing, of course, but by no means are they proof that your writing isn't good enough for an acceptance. Like everyone else said, just keep plugging away. Eventually someone will love it and you'll be off to the races!

Hey, don't worry about it, EVERYONE gets rejected sometimes. Just keep sending it out, and good luck!

Yep, sounds like a form rejection to me too but I know it still stings. Hang in there and don't let one agent stop you from sending out many more subs.

I think the hardest time for a writer is when they have progressed to the point of almost making it. In my own experience, the early rejection letters for my novel came back in the mail only a couple of weeks after sending out query letters and sample chapters--never a good thing. That was because I just wasn't there as a writer. And so I plugged away, wrote more, went to writer's conferences, and learned the craft of writing. In time, my skills gradually improved. I sent out additional proposals, this time coming back several months later, some with comments included as to why they rejected my workd. I had basically progressed to the level of publishers/agents not accepting my novel because they didn't like the story. I was definitely improving as a writer, but getting rejected still stung. But this also gave me hope. If they were rejecting my story because of personal preference, that told me my story was at least at the level of being publishable--I just needed to find that one person who liked what they read, and were willing to take a chance on me. And one year ago, that happened. If all goes well, my novel will hopefully come out next year. So keep trying. If agents are finding good in your work, you know you're getting close.

Mike