tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814986559614289517.post7013897614355362463..comments2023-06-29T04:12:35.166-07:00Comments on W.K. Everhart: Gone?WKEverharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11342903231812097447noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814986559614289517.post-33342675188795836742009-03-26T15:36:00.000-07:002009-03-26T15:36:00.000-07:00Willie:So sorry to hear about your strokes, but gl...Willie:<BR/><BR/>So sorry to hear about your strokes, but glad to see you back at it and with a seemingly good spirit. Glad they were mild, and don't seem to have done any damage.<BR/><BR/>DaveDavid A. Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825539283421597579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814986559614289517.post-52103699065821790412009-03-20T20:03:00.000-07:002009-03-20T20:03:00.000-07:00Thanks for your wizened comments, Gini. I keep on ...Thanks for your wizened comments, Gini. I keep on truckin', keep on trying...Maybe...Someday? Right?WKEverharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342903231812097447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814986559614289517.post-56664161340233188502009-03-18T21:26:00.000-07:002009-03-18T21:26:00.000-07:00Nice to see you back at blogging. Excellent points...Nice to see you back at blogging. Excellent points made, too. Not that I ever want you to have a stroke, let alone three, but you're a true testament to using adversity to move you forward. {HUGS}<BR/><BR/>The agents and editors I've talked to take your first five pages point and make it more extreme -- they give us about a paragraph to interest them. I know, so much, right? But their point is that the first line should "force" the reader on to the second line, which forces them onto the third, and so on. So that the reader is swept along and literally cannot or does not want to put the book down. If the agent/editor isn't captured within those first five pages, you're done. But you can be done by page 6, too. They are looking for reasons to say no, not reasons to say yes.<BR/><BR/>Hard? Sure, but not once you really hone your craft. That's one of the benefits of trunking -- you get the space and can look at the book with a fresh eye, which tends to spot clunkiness and areas to be tightened up, etc. <BR/><BR/>So, nice to see you back at it! You shall prevail and FORCE those editors and agents to keep on reading until "the end"!<BR/><BR/>GiniGini Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801375495279134392noreply@blogger.com