My manuscript that’s contracted to my new agent is almost
ready for me to submit to her. I’ve spent the past few weeks going through and
making my last-minute edits and changes to what I’ve written. The changes are
mostly areas where I think the story needed a little boost, or clarification. I’m
waiting on another round of suggested edits from my critique group and then I
plan to submit it to her on February 1.
In the meantime, I’m going through her list guidelines for
polishing the manuscript. This is all before she goes through it and edits it.
It’s exactly what I’m looking for—an agent who is involved in the editing
process, but oh, boy. I’m discovering all the grammar and punctuation rules I’ve
either totally forgotten about or never learned in the first place.
Most of my knowledge of grammar and punctuation has come
down to “what sounds right.” I’m a big reader, and I know how to use things
correctly, but not always why or the name of the rule. It can make things a
little challenging when the guidelines say something about comma usage and I
realize it’s a rule I’ve completely forgotten about (although I’m reassured by
how many times I actually did follow the rule, albeit by accident).
But the goal here, in addition to getting the manuscript
published by a large publisher, is to make it the best work possible. And after
all of this, I’m confident it will be!
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