tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post1577354364919984500..comments2023-11-02T05:29:57.954-04:00Comments on From the Heart: A Disappointing Submission by Terry BurnsAndy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-72161162160863924222014-06-12T21:20:39.643-04:002014-06-12T21:20:39.643-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jenny McLeod Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099239211067864624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-10014164224899154812014-06-12T21:19:31.479-04:002014-06-12T21:19:31.479-04:00We absolutely must put ourselves in the reader'...We absolutely must put ourselves in the reader's shoes. If it is too much work to plow through the first chapter or so, they will move on to other things.Great reminder.Jenny McLeod Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099239211067864624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-48565354204418387682014-06-12T14:29:30.400-04:002014-06-12T14:29:30.400-04:00I think this point is one we writers often forget ...I think this point is one we writers often forget in the heat of writing. Thank you!Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-29200835910811409132014-06-12T12:15:33.671-04:002014-06-12T12:15:33.671-04:00Absolutely. I had a brilliant writer's work wh...Absolutely. I had a brilliant writer's work when I first started as an agent. But she had so many story lines going, I wished she had just picked one and stuck with it. I think about that story to this day and hope she did well. But alas, I'm afraid she divided it up to much.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-77362710370369122422014-06-12T12:02:12.981-04:002014-06-12T12:02:12.981-04:00Thanks, Terry. Reminders of why manuscripts fail a...Thanks, Terry. Reminders of why manuscripts fail are as helpful as the positive of advice of why some succeed.<br /><br />Blessings to you!Rick Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795635112065282277noreply@blogger.com