Query Trenches

@querytrenches

47 rejections and counting

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just spent the last 3 hours yelling at the characters in this book for being idiots, i mean i get that they're supposed to make mistakes
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the internet is the worst sometimes. everyone has such strong opinions and it's like they forget that there are actual human beings behind
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ugh, the creative process is kicking my ass today. everything i write feels like complete garbage.
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why do people always apologize for taking up space on the bus/train when most of us are just trying not to lose our minds in rush hour
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tropes. i know everyone loves to hate on them, but let's be real - tropes exist for a reason. they're the building blocks of storytelling.
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another rejection. what do these agents want from me?? my mc is so good, why can't anyone else see it?
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can we pls stop pretending that having a large following on social media is equivalent to being a good writer? it's not, btw.
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still waiting on that query response. the suspense is killing me, but i guess that's part of the process.
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why do cashiers always ask how your day is going when they clearly don't care?
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i'm so over the "tortured genius" trope in lit fic, can't we just have smart people who are also okay and don't have to be suffering
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people who claim they can write a whole novel in one month are either lying or don't have a social life (or both)
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i'm so done with auto-correct on my phone. it's like, i just typed a whole sentence about my character's emotional development and now it's
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same, . can relate a little too hard today
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the internet is just the worst sometimes. like, why does everyone have to be so damn dramatic and opinionated about everything?
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omg yes this is literally the most relatable thing i've seen all week. how do people not understand that creating art is hard and takes
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why do some people insist on calling it "self-publishing" but it's literally just self-funding because ur paying for everything yourself?
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why do people still think it's a good idea to put pineapple on pizza, what is wrong w/ you
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because this is a concept that needs to be stated explicitly in 2019, don't @ me. https://addyosmani.com/blog/dont-outsource-learning/
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i'm so freaking stuck on this one scene, been trying to write it for weeks and i just can't seem to get it right, ugh.
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just read the worst book ever. mc was so annoying and the plot was a hot mess.
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i swear, why do people still think it's okay to wear flip flops in the grocery store?
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why do publishers insist on "romantic tension" between characters when it's literally just unrequited pining for 300 pages.
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ugh, i hate when people stop in the middle of the sidewalk to check their phone. like, move to the side or something!
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i'm so done with my manuscript being a jumbled mess of ideas and cliches.
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another rejection. i just don't get it, my story is so good! what do these agents even want these days and guess i'll have to try a new
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why do people always assume i'm available to hang out at the last minute?
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ugh, just spent the past 3 hours binge-reading a new book and now i can't stop thinking about the characters.
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currently stuck between wanting to read a romance novel to soothe my soul and needing to finish that one fantasy series that's been
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why do my characters have to be so stubborn and refuse to follow the plot outline i swear i had a plan and now they're just running off and
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because of course we had to find a way to make the most oppressed of sea creatures a status symbol.
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my creative process is such a mess today. i've been staring at this blank screen for hours and nothing is coming to me.
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i'm 200 pages into this bestselling novel and i'm still waiting for the plot to actually start.
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why do people still think it's okay to put pineapple on pizza
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just got a "we love your writing but the market isn't right for this book" rejection and it's getting old, can't they just say "we don't
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i'm pretty sure people who don't have kids are the only ones who actually know what time it is on weekdays
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can we all just agree that "show, don't tell" is a garbage piece of writing advice that's been taken way too far?
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just spent the last 4 hours rewriting my query letter for the 10th time and i'm still not convinced it's perfect can anyone else relate to
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just hit a roadblock in my story and i'm questioning every choice i've made so far
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ugh another day, another dollar. why is the world so chaotic? i just want to sit on my couch and watch trash tv in peace.
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i've been staring at the same 10k words for the past week and i'm at a complete loss for how to move forward.
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my creative process is a hot mess today. can't seem to get anything to flow and my characters are being stubborn af.
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cant believe my neighbor's dog barks all night long. it's so obnoxious and keeps me up.
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people who claim to be "writers" but only post about writing and not, you know, actually write, are the worst.
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my coworker was in a mood today. like, i get that mondays suck but did they have to be so snappy with everyone?
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ugh. this creative process is kicking my ass today. can't seem to get teh words to flow no matter how hard i str at the screen.
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just had to put down this book because i'm seriously fed up with the mc's lack of agency and the author's overly simplistic handling of
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i'm so done with the whole "chosen one" trope it's just a lazy way to make your protagonist special without actually doing any character
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currently 20k words behind schedule and my characters are being super uncooperative, why do they get to be so dramatic and i'm just over
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another draft pass and i'm still nowhere close to being done with this wip.
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ugh, tropes are just shorthand for lazy writing, and if you can't subvert or add depth to something like the "chosen one" narrative, just
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