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I recently finished my manuscript that I've been working on for several years. I sent it to 30 or so agents and didn't receive any positive replies, so I thought, alright, I'll self-publish. I understand not everything is for the mainstream market, and I started searching for a good developmental editor. While I've gotten some quotes and do have choices on who to go with, though I'm struggling between choosing one of them, one editor replied with something along the lines of, "Your novel doesn't sound interesting, and it probably belongs on Wattpad." (She did not write it quite like that, but she did mention Wattpad.)
Obviously, I believe my novel has potential even if it'll never be mainstream, but her comment implying there isn't a place even in the self-published market for my novel has made me begin to worry. I don't want to pay for developmental editing if my novel in its current state is so bad especially since most of the editors I'm looking at are charging per round separately. I'm not sure if I should just keep on trying to work on the novel myself, or if there's a service where I can work with an editor until my novel is publishable rather than paying per round, if that makes sense.
Obviously, I believe my novel has potential even if it'll never be mainstream, but her comment implying there isn't a place even in the self-published market for my novel has made me begin to worry. I don't want to pay for developmental editing if my novel in its current state is so bad especially since most of the editors I'm looking at are charging per round separately. I'm not sure if I should just keep on trying to work on the novel myself, or if there's a service where I can work with an editor until my novel is publishable rather than paying per round, if that makes sense.
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