tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post116095905748506453..comments2023-07-03T07:26:04.780-04:00Comments on The Rejecter: Form RejectionsThe Rejecterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087643296072075641noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-1161499646852927432006-10-22T02:47:00.000-04:002006-10-22T02:47:00.000-04:00**Please tell us when it's crap.**She can't. Or, ...**Please tell us when it's crap.**<BR/><BR/>She can't. Or, rather, she shouldn't.<BR/><BR/>That would only invite a return letter from the rejected author, telling her that his mother, his second grade teacher and his Boy Scout troopmaster all loved the novel; and he's on his way to New York right now to show her the personal letter he got from B.F. Author saying what a great premise his book had (notice that BFA did not say how well written the manuscript was).<BR/><BR/>There are simply too many nutcases out there in the world to risk setting one of them off and on a trajectory pointed in her direction.<BR/><BR/>If your manuscript is consistently rejected without a redeeming note to the effect of "Loved the writing, hated the concept," it's probably the writing. That's when most of us learned to suck it up and got into a critique group.Maya Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791278987339976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-1161389739587994432006-10-20T20:15:00.000-04:002006-10-20T20:15:00.000-04:00That, and we actually like writers and want to let...<I>That, and we actually like writers and want to let them down easy. "Thanks for submitting, but I don't think I'm right for this" sounds a lot nicer than the actual answer, which is usually, "Wow, that sucked." In other words, you don't want to know what we're really thinking. </I><BR/><BR/>I think I'll speak for many writers. YES, we DO want to know if it sucked. We DO want to know what's wrong. We DON'T want to be treated nicely. If you told us the truth, we'd re-write, get into crit groups, work on it. With this type of reply, all we can think is that you're not the right agent and we keep sending out the same schlock.<BR/><BR/>Please tell us when it's crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com