tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post994272981099358340..comments2024-01-01T11:51:53.860-08:00Comments on Babbles from Scott Eagan: On contestsScott Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-3082752810692867112008-09-13T14:26:00.000-07:002008-09-13T14:26:00.000-07:00Anon,I am glad that you got great feedback from th...Anon,<BR/><BR/>I am glad that you got great feedback from the criques you got from conferences. Getting different comments though would be very normal. I guess I would stop and examine what those agents were looking for in normal submissions. I would also look at who they normally sell to. This will give you an idea of why you got the comments that you did. <BR/><BR/>What I would also add is that now you have a couple of different approaches for your story. Now the story can be more flexible in terms of its marketing.Scott Eaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-47086120093156812432008-09-13T14:24:00.000-07:002008-09-13T14:24:00.000-07:00Jessica,The critiqu group is great assuming you ca...Jessica,<BR/><BR/>The critiqu group is great assuming you can find one that, A) knows their stuff; and B) is willing to honestly be critical. <BR/><BR/>As far as getting an agent or editor to read the story, this is a great approach but I have to say, I have heard more and more editors and agents saying that they just don't see anything good. In other words, just making it to finals didn't mean the story was good.<BR/><BR/>Still, it is worth a shot!Scott Eaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-51965643650085501572008-09-10T13:35:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:35:00.000-07:00Yo. Amen to watching the trend of several appraisa...Yo. Amen to watching the trend of several appraisals, rather than living and dying over any particular one. I paid for two readings by top agents at a conference and they were well worth the money-I do not regret it. But what one agent thought was the best part of the chapter, the second of course thought should be deleted altogether. Now what? I can't use either section without remembering that someone in the business won't like it. Is this progress? What did help was having three people, Scott, being one, saying that the beginning was uneccessarily confusing. That was true-I assumed too much on the part of the reader. As for the other, I still trust my own judgement and my vision of what this book needs to be. Will I buy more readings? Of course, but they will never be the final word. I appreciate the agents being willing to give their time to us for no money and offer readings at conferences. And there it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-85508611904625907822008-09-10T07:40:00.000-07:002008-09-10T07:40:00.000-07:00I know :-( I just got contest results back and cou...I know :-( I just got contest results back and couldn't find much in common with the comments. So I'm waiting for more. Good advice.<BR/>I think contests are good for feedback, but you can get that for free from a crit group.<BR/>I like them because they're a quick shot to having a chapter read by target agent/editor if you final.<BR/>But you've got to final, which can be tricky! LOLJessica Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365768876905444157noreply@blogger.com