Your most common critique is that you spend too much time on any given subject, so I really think it would help you in general to go through and weed out anything that isn't absolutely important, especially in things like your queries. It doesn't mean that you have to change your style, believe me. I cut almost thirty pages out of my Robin Hood novel by the time I had a final draft (and that was with scene additions and new locations added). I'm not a very verbose writer, but I did have unnecessary and boring stuff in there. Removing it didn't change my style one iota. It just took away what I didn't need. Now, the book is most likely to be published by Penguin next year. (Still in that uncomfortable negotiation, will-they-won't-they stage).
Anyway, my point is that I always feel that you are averse to changing anything for fear of losing authenticity, but no matter how much you change or whose advice you are taking, it is still YOU writing the book and it will still be YOUR voice at the end of the day. You won't mourn all those little sentences, or paragraphs, or even chapters you had to change when you receive your first royalty check.
This is a much longer comment than I meant to leave, but I mostly want you to know that, like jmeadows said, we're all here to help, not hurt you.
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Date: 2011-01-02 03:48 am (UTC)Anyway, my point is that I always feel that you are averse to changing anything for fear of losing authenticity, but no matter how much you change or whose advice you are taking, it is still YOU writing the book and it will still be YOUR voice at the end of the day. You won't mourn all those little sentences, or paragraphs, or even chapters you had to change when you receive your first royalty check.
This is a much longer comment than I meant to leave, but I mostly want you to know that, like jmeadows said, we're all here to help, not hurt you.