#42: 10 Reasons Why Novels Get Rejected

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Savannah Gilbo

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🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In today's episode, I'm going to walk you through 10 common reasons why manuscripts are rejected by publishers. Here's a preview of what's included: [02:05] After a rejection, you don't have to wait before making your next move. You can get to work right away and figure out what’s wrong with your draft so that you can fix it and resubmit your story. [02:25] Reason #1: The category or genre isn’t the right fit for the agent or the publisher. Usually, this means the author didn't do their rese...

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0:00.0	Hey there, Savannah here. Before we get into today's episode, I wanted to share our next book
0:04.8	club pick with you because I'm super excited to dig into this book and see how and why it works.
0:09.9	Our next meeting is coming up on November 16th at 4 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Eastern, and we're going
0:15.7	to be digging into the fourth wing by Rebecca Yaros. Abigail and I are so excited to deconstruct
0:21.2	this book and these meetings are always so much fun. They're interactive, so in addition to our
0:26.2	presentation on why we think this story works and why we think it resonates with readers,
0:30.8	there are also polls and lots of opportunities to chat with other writers and ask us questions
0:36.2	and, you know, just participate in a group discussion about a really awesome book. As always,
0:41.2	our aim is to analyze a novel and translate our learnings into actionable tips, tools, and strategies
0:46.8	that you can take and implement in your own writing right away. So if you want to join us or if you
0:51.7	want to learn more about how the book club works, go to savannagilba.com forward slash book dash
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1:03.1	The other thing is that you might need to find a better balance between telling and showing.
1:08.1	So when you tell your reader about an emotional experience, then your reader does not experience it.
1:13.2	You have to show that emotional experience on the page and there's no better way to do that than
1:18.9	by mixing action, dialogue, interior monologue, interior emotion and description. So you really
1:24.9	want to show how the external events of the story are affecting your character so that the reader
1:30.4	can have that emotional experience that they're looking for. Welcome to the fiction writing made
1:35.8	easy podcast. My name is savannagilba and I'm here to help you write a story that works. I want to
1:41.6	prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming. So each week I'll bring you a
1:46.1	brand new episode with simple actionable and step-by-step strategies that you can implement in your
1:51.6	writing right away. So whether you're brand new to writing or more of a seasoned author looking to
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