Well the rejection I recieved wasn't terrible. Seemed more hesitant then anything. The only complaint was "too much exposition/moving too fast". This is more a style thing. There was not complaints about being bored, or plot, or grammar/spelling, all which is a good sign.
It's funny you should mention Watership Down, for I know that's the best selling talking animal book so I decided to study it a bit in response to the rejection to see if I could pick up something. Once I got past the first page which was setting and the bunnies started to talk, it seems the style I wouldn't say is far different from mine. Pretty dialog heavy.
The funny part is the copy I bought seems to have a misspell in chapter three where Bigwig says most rabbits would have probably stayed "quite" to keep on the chief's good side.
Though I always knew a bit myself I need to work on immersion, so to hear it back sort of confirms the suspicion. That'll happen when you write more non-fiction then fiction.
So I'm a bit torn on whether to go back and slow it down a bit or keep it as, will probably make a copy and rework it, run it by a few to see which one is better.
Well the rejection I recieved wasn't terrible. Seemed more hesitant then anything. The only complaint was "too much exposition/moving too fast". This is more a style thing. There was not complaints about being bored, or plot, or grammar/spelling, all which is a good sign.
It's funny you should mention Watership Down, for I know that's the best selling talking animal book so I decided to study it a bit in response to the rejection to see if I could pick up something. Once I got past the first page which was setting and the bunnies started to talk, it seems the style I wouldn't say is far different from mine. Pretty dialog heavy.
The funny part is the copy I bought seems to have a misspell in chapter three where Bigwig says most rabbits would have probably stayed "quite" to keep on the chief's good side.
Though I always knew a bit myself I need to work on immersion, so to hear it back sort of confirms the suspicion. That'll happen when you write more non-fiction then fiction.
So I'm a bit torn on whether to go back and slow it down a bit or keep it as, will probably make a copy and rework it, run it by a few to see which one is better.