Hopefully, if you go all the way, you ll have columns for the dates partials and manuscripts were sent, too. Keep this chart even after you find an agent. You never know when you might need to look again and knowing who you ve already talked to could be very useful. Unfortunately, no matter what the quality of your work, you are probably going to get a few rejection letters. But these can be quite telling.
Rejections fall into three categories.
The first one is the basic battle cry mentioned earlier. It will probably be a form letter. And it will almost certainly refer to a lack of enthusiasm on the part of the agent in some way. If that s as far as it goes, you can add it to the R file, think how nice it is that they ve mastered the merge function of their software, and move on. But, if the agency has taken the time to offer you additional personalized information, then you need to write a thank you note.