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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW it doesn't need to be perfect to get an agent. It just needs to be good, and the agent needs to see something in the book they think they can work with. Don't get psyched out, is what I am trying to say. Get your book in as close to great shape as you think you can, then start querying. Agents will have ideas of changes you should make before they start trying to sell your book, so be ready for rewrites.[/quote] Terrible advice for fiction. My agent gets thousands of queries a week. She is looking for reasons to reject. That is typical. No book is ever perfect and you can overwork a book, and at some point you do have to send it out, but it's a mistake to send it out when it has not been edited or is not in the best shape you can make it. If you get rejected, you won't be able to query that agents with that book again. Waste of everyone's time.[/quote]
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