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I recently got a very strange R&R from an agent who had reviewed my full. She gave me some vague notes, some of them contradictory. I responded and politely asked if I could revise and resubmit, and she said yes, but in a very stand-offish way. I don't want to get into specifics in case she reads these threads, but it seemed she liked my concept more than my writing and was not very interested in me as a writer ... and no matter what revisions I make, they would likely not be up to snuff for HER, for HER sensibilities of what a novel should be. It felt like she didn't want revisions but for me to rewrite my entire novel in accordance with HER vision.
If the notes had been more concise and had she shown more excitement, I would be jumping at the chance to do the R&R ... but I really feel she is not going to accept my work no matter what rewrites I do. And I don't want to waste a month or two if someone who has zero intention of representing me and is just being polite, afraid to just say "no." Of course I will take what notes she provided to heart, the ones that made sense, at least. I'll probably end up doing a major rehaul for her, because what other options do I have? But my instinct tells me it will be a waste of time.
Has anyone else run into this situation and how did you handle it? Have you ever just said, "ah, the hell with this agent"?
If the notes had been more concise and had she shown more excitement, I would be jumping at the chance to do the R&R ... but I really feel she is not going to accept my work no matter what rewrites I do. And I don't want to waste a month or two if someone who has zero intention of representing me and is just being polite, afraid to just say "no." Of course I will take what notes she provided to heart, the ones that made sense, at least. I'll probably end up doing a major rehaul for her, because what other options do I have? But my instinct tells me it will be a waste of time.
Has anyone else run into this situation and how did you handle it? Have you ever just said, "ah, the hell with this agent"?