--- Dick Lochte <
dlochte@gmail.com> wrote:
> My point, not that I always have one, is that
I
> can't think of a case where
> an editor told a writer: I love the manuscript,
but
> make it longer. Usually,
> it's the writer, too much in love with his (or
her)
> words to edit or, worse
> yet, to accept anyone else's edit, who is
> responsible for the fat book.
It's happened to me, personally. 3 agents and 1 publisher
told me, this is a good idea but it's 42,000 words. Rewrite
it for 80,000 and we may be able to sell it. I of course,
being me, said 'The great old books didn't have to be 80,000
words.' The one agent who was still kind enough to respond to
that stupid e-mail of mine, said short books do not work in
todays market.
I'm working on a good story now and it will be 80,000 words
before I let it go. Maybe then I'll rewrite the other, but
frankly, it feels finished to me. I could, of course, be
wrong!
Patrick King
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