One agent remarked that if the protagonist didn't fall through the portal, there would be no story.
I think that the agents are tacitly saying that kids can't possibly relate to the problems of people who don't exist in the real world. Which...way to quash both the fantasy and the science fiction genre, twatwaffles. Kids and adults don't seem to have any problems relating to people from fictional worlds...and why WOULD they?
Obviously, I would never make a good agent. My first questions about a book would be, "Does it tell a good and compelling story? Is it well written? Will people buy it?"
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Date: 2012-10-16 10:55 pm (UTC)I think that the agents are tacitly saying that kids can't possibly relate to the problems of people who don't exist in the real world. Which...way to quash both the fantasy and the science fiction genre, twatwaffles. Kids and adults don't seem to have any problems relating to people from fictional worlds...and why WOULD they?
Obviously, I would never make a good agent. My first questions about a book would be, "Does it tell a good and compelling story? Is it well written? Will people buy it?"