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in publishing rejection is inevitable cheery way to kick off a video right [Music] hey guys i'm michelle welcome back to my channel if writing workshops and traditional publishing talk are your thing please consider subscribing while talking about rejection is always kind of a bummer the fact that you're the type of writer who watches videos trying to learn how to become a better writer and how to get published means you are already light years ahead of most people who are in the query trenches and besides you know this but all it takes is one yes twelve publishers rejected harry potter and missed out on ushering in the greatest children's literature phenomenon of all time stephen king racked up 30 rejections for carrie before double day signed on the man who would go on to become a household name in horror 26 editors rejected madeleine ingles a wrinkle in time a novel that ended up winning the newbery medal the sequoia book award and the lewis carroll shelf award and is still a beloved classic decades after it was published not to mention a movie starring oprah and editors aren't even the first barrier on the road to publication i racked up somewhere between 100 and 200 rejections from agents on the first novel that i tried to query once i signed with an agent for my second novel i scored nearly 20 rejections from editors before throwing the towel in on that project and starting on a third book okay that was really bleak so what can you do to be successful i've mentioned my friend and co-author lindsay rebar a few times on this channel she's the one responsible for the query formula which i honestly wish i had had back when i was querying i still find it super helpful when i'm trying to write a blurb or a short summary of a book i'm working on lindsay was a literary agent at greenberger associates for nearly a decade i asked lindsay one question when you were an agent what were your most common reasons for rejecting a book she gave me 12 reasons and now i'm giving them to you along with tips on how you can avoid making these mistakes about ninety percent of query rejections that i sent out had nothing to do with the quality of the writing because i never got past the query to read the actual pages for example the query states the book is in a genre i don't work in agenting is all about having contacts if i work primarily in y a and you send me an adult thriller who am i going to submit it to the biggest faux pas new writers make in querying agents is just blanket emailing every agent they can find with the same copy and pasted query a query is a cover letter and this is essentially a job hunt a smart job candidate personalizes both his cover...