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Hi! I’m in a situation that’s making me nervous and I thought I’d ask if anyone more experienced has any thoughts or advice.
So, I’ve been querying a novel, and I received an R&R a couple of months ago. For this R&R, all the agent did was ask me to introduce an external conflict to force the two main characters together in a more compelling way, but she left it completely up to me as to how to accomplish that (though she gave me a few suggestions). Because her request was so open-ended, she made it sound like I could communicate with her as I did the R&R to bounce ideas around.
I was a little unsure and intimidated by the scope of rewriting that her R&R involved, but I was really impressed with her enthusiasm for my book over the phone and her dedication to supporting marginalized authors. So I started brainstorming.
Because I still have a couple of agents who have fulls/partials of my manuscript, I decided not to get in contact with the R&R agent again until I had closed out the other agents, on the off chance that I received an offer of rep. And I let her know upfront that I was still waiting on those agents’ responses, and she sounded understanding. But I’ve been quietly working on the R&R as I’ve been waiting.
Two weeks ago, out of the blue, I received an email from the R&R agent, checking in to see how the revision was going and what direction I’d decided to go in. I was pretty surprised and incredibly anxious about how to respond.
I decided to be transparent and let her know that I still had a few agents with my manuscript, since, again, on the off chance that I receive an offer of rep, I didn’t want her to think I’d wasted her time through long email conversations. But I also described my ideas for the R&R and said I’d welcome any feedback. To be honest, I hadn’t gotten very far yet, because I’d never done a rewrite on this scale before.
It’s been two weeks, and I haven’t received any response to my email. Obviously I’m not her client (yet), so I know she doesn’t have to prioritize correspondence with me, and I guess she could be on vacation or something. But I can’t help feeling worried that maybe I said something in my email that's made her lose interest in my manuscript. Maybe she didn't like the direction I was going in? Could she maybe be upset that I’m still waiting on other agents’ responses instead of withdrawing my manuscript everywhere and being fully committed to the R&R?
I'm really not sure how to act in this situation. If anyone has any advice, I’d be eternally grateful. Thank you.
So, I’ve been querying a novel, and I received an R&R a couple of months ago. For this R&R, all the agent did was ask me to introduce an external conflict to force the two main characters together in a more compelling way, but she left it completely up to me as to how to accomplish that (though she gave me a few suggestions). Because her request was so open-ended, she made it sound like I could communicate with her as I did the R&R to bounce ideas around.
I was a little unsure and intimidated by the scope of rewriting that her R&R involved, but I was really impressed with her enthusiasm for my book over the phone and her dedication to supporting marginalized authors. So I started brainstorming.
Because I still have a couple of agents who have fulls/partials of my manuscript, I decided not to get in contact with the R&R agent again until I had closed out the other agents, on the off chance that I received an offer of rep. And I let her know upfront that I was still waiting on those agents’ responses, and she sounded understanding. But I’ve been quietly working on the R&R as I’ve been waiting.
Two weeks ago, out of the blue, I received an email from the R&R agent, checking in to see how the revision was going and what direction I’d decided to go in. I was pretty surprised and incredibly anxious about how to respond.
I decided to be transparent and let her know that I still had a few agents with my manuscript, since, again, on the off chance that I receive an offer of rep, I didn’t want her to think I’d wasted her time through long email conversations. But I also described my ideas for the R&R and said I’d welcome any feedback. To be honest, I hadn’t gotten very far yet, because I’d never done a rewrite on this scale before.
It’s been two weeks, and I haven’t received any response to my email. Obviously I’m not her client (yet), so I know she doesn’t have to prioritize correspondence with me, and I guess she could be on vacation or something. But I can’t help feeling worried that maybe I said something in my email that's made her lose interest in my manuscript. Maybe she didn't like the direction I was going in? Could she maybe be upset that I’m still waiting on other agents’ responses instead of withdrawing my manuscript everywhere and being fully committed to the R&R?
I'm really not sure how to act in this situation. If anyone has any advice, I’d be eternally grateful. Thank you.