Engaging, or Not?
Several of my Facebook friends, and a few people on a website called Critique Circle, are reading my novel "Self-portrait of a Dying Man" as beta readers.
This is an easier request: read the portion below, which amounts to about 33 pages of manuscript (6600 words) and let me know whether you would continue.
The version presented here is somewhat different than the one you have read, if you are a beta reader.
All I want to know is whether you find it engaging enough to continue. I need the God's...
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May 13, 2014 06:48AM
Hi Mike. I see you made some minor changes from what originally read and edited, but it's still a very good story! I look forward to hearing back from you! :)
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Thanks. I'm really struggling with it. All agents and publishers have rejected it, and I've received some negative feedback on it. Two agents told me it was not compelling enough, but one agent said I was a very good writer, and that it was close, but she passed.Most people seem to think that the court scene is boring. I'm considering starting where the main character is watching football.
How's your website development going? I do think you need to get a bona fide site, rather than just the blog. But I know firsthand that that's a lot of work.
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