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Hi all,
Last year I got a phone call R & R request for my novel from an agent I would love to work with. I agreed with her suggestions and agreed to make the edits. She told me to feel free to email her throughout the process if I needed more suggestions (joy!). I took her up on this -- the bulk of her edit suggestions were structural so as we emailed she asked to see a chapter outline of the book before I rewrote so we could both be sure about where I was going. I wrote one outline, sent it, and she got back within two weeks saying it still wasn't quite right and to try again. I wrote another outline, sent it, and now it's been a month and a half. I did nudge her a couple weeks after sending just to be sure she got it (she usually confirms reply) and she apologized, said she had it and was swamped.
Meanwhile, when I received her R & R, I had a few other agents who also had the fulls. Knowing I was going to rewrite, I pulled the fulls from them. They all said they wanted to see the rewrite when I was finished. I pulled the MS from them three months ago at this point and still haven't started a rewrite.
So my conundrum is this -- Do I just start the rewrite without the input on the outline? It's going to take me several months to rewrite once I start. I know publishing moves at a glacial pace but I'm worried that if things fall through with agent one, then it might be almost a year before the rewrite is returned to the other agents. Should I nudge agent one about the outline? There are no guidelines on her website about etiquette though she has always answered quickly and politely when I nudge. What do I do about these other agents? If the worst case scenario happens and I just never hear anything again from agent one, at what point do I (can I?) assume it dead and send the rewrite to the other agents?
Thanks in advance, great brain!
Last year I got a phone call R & R request for my novel from an agent I would love to work with. I agreed with her suggestions and agreed to make the edits. She told me to feel free to email her throughout the process if I needed more suggestions (joy!). I took her up on this -- the bulk of her edit suggestions were structural so as we emailed she asked to see a chapter outline of the book before I rewrote so we could both be sure about where I was going. I wrote one outline, sent it, and she got back within two weeks saying it still wasn't quite right and to try again. I wrote another outline, sent it, and now it's been a month and a half. I did nudge her a couple weeks after sending just to be sure she got it (she usually confirms reply) and she apologized, said she had it and was swamped.
Meanwhile, when I received her R & R, I had a few other agents who also had the fulls. Knowing I was going to rewrite, I pulled the fulls from them. They all said they wanted to see the rewrite when I was finished. I pulled the MS from them three months ago at this point and still haven't started a rewrite.
So my conundrum is this -- Do I just start the rewrite without the input on the outline? It's going to take me several months to rewrite once I start. I know publishing moves at a glacial pace but I'm worried that if things fall through with agent one, then it might be almost a year before the rewrite is returned to the other agents. Should I nudge agent one about the outline? There are no guidelines on her website about etiquette though she has always answered quickly and politely when I nudge. What do I do about these other agents? If the worst case scenario happens and I just never hear anything again from agent one, at what point do I (can I?) assume it dead and send the rewrite to the other agents?
Thanks in advance, great brain!