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Originally Posted by ctg  If she would love you, yes, as she would tell everything else that sucks. If not, then there would be no holding back when the pans and the pots are flying. Even your friends would do that (if they really care). They would say it on your face there and then. Last thing would be when you see what the editors say about your manuscript.
Note, with you, I mean the general audience, not Doctor Sax (because he's brilliant).  |
I agree. My girlfriend and I talk to each other about everything - even down to the smallest of niggles. I have always said to her I prefer brutal honesty. If it sucks, say so and why... She reads it subjectively - as someone picking the novel up in a bookstore might, and she has pointed out one or two things that I hadn't noticed in the past, which helps.
One could argue I am writing something that my girlfriend particularly enjoys, that other people may not... That is quite possible. Not everyone will like the same thing, and I feel that is the same with publishers and agents. One may hate it. Another will think it's the best thing since Yorkshire Puds.