Hi, first post though I've spent a few days browsing.
I'm currently submitting, fairly awful experience, have a handful of copy and paste job rejections, obviously no indication as to why it's a no. Standard.
One of my (many) theories is that I have tried to achieve a creepy, atmospheric, mysterious start. But when I read YA it's often immediate action or big old info dump about an intriguing world.
I'm pretty anti info dump but could change the start of my book so that it's much more dramatic and action packed without it messing around with the story overall.
Do agents (and the intended audience) have the patience for a slow burner or is early action a better bet?
I realise I may come across as prematurely worrying but I'm in the UK and the agent pool seems much smaller than across the pond, so yeah, I am panicking!
Thanks in advance
I'm currently submitting, fairly awful experience, have a handful of copy and paste job rejections, obviously no indication as to why it's a no. Standard.
One of my (many) theories is that I have tried to achieve a creepy, atmospheric, mysterious start. But when I read YA it's often immediate action or big old info dump about an intriguing world.
I'm pretty anti info dump but could change the start of my book so that it's much more dramatic and action packed without it messing around with the story overall.
Do agents (and the intended audience) have the patience for a slow burner or is early action a better bet?
I realise I may come across as prematurely worrying but I'm in the UK and the agent pool seems much smaller than across the pond, so yeah, I am panicking!
Thanks in advance