And if that's the best you can do, and it's too far from sufficient, you won't get another chance for that work, with that individual. Why? Because whatever you put in front of an agent or editor will be perceived as your best work. In fact, it's imperative you revise, rehash, take critique, revise again, and polish until that baby can be seen from space. After all, if they're going to change it anyway, why bother? When you consider that fact it can sometimes feel like all that work revising and polishing your drafts is pointless. There's no doubt that working with an editor is a lot of work-sometimes going so far as to restructure or rewrite whole portions of a manuscript. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.Ī: Apologies in advance for the brutal honesty, but I think this is really important question, and one that I want to help you make the best decision about: Q: When it comes to submissions, how thoroughly edited should the manuscript be? My understanding is that most editors suggest pretty drastic changes and that many revisions and edits that have been previously made would simply be discarded. The lovely Bailey Knight recently asked me.
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