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Requested partial - Getting hopes up (mistake)

WaylanderWaylander
edited December 2015 in Writing
Have been requested a partial from the second agent who has got back to me. Now I know that a writer is meant to go through horrible amounts of rejections before being accepted and it is a super rare occurrence that the 2nd agent reply will be accepted.

But guys, I'm only human and can't help but making myself expect good news and setting myself up for disappointment.

SOMEONE GIVE ME A REALITY CHECK! quiccckkkk! ahah

Comments

  • Tiny NellTiny Nell
    Yay! That's really encouraging news. Just think happy thoughts!
  • Phots MollPhots Moll
    Congratulations. That's a bit of progress you should be pleased with.

    Of course you're getting your hopes up. Who wouldn't? If you send work out, there's no way of avoiding the possibility of disappointment, but there's the possibility of success too.
  • CarolCarol
    Fingers crossed for you. :)

    Sadly rejection is part of our life and we have to get used to it.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    That's great - many writers never even get a response, so to get a request is pretty spectacular. Actually, some writers aren't even brave enough to contact an agent, so it's something to be celebrated.



  • WaylanderWaylander
    edited December 2015
    Thanks guys!

    Side note - without rejection, how could one fully appreciate acceptance. The contrasts are what make life, I suppose.

    I'll keep you all updated!
  • Lou TreleavenLou Treleaven
    How thrilling! Best of luck!
  • BuickMackaneBuickMackane
    My work's been rejected so many times I now have the skin of a rhinoceros. It's only when they keep you waiting for months and months and then say 'No, thanks' that I'm aggrieved.

    No reason you shouldn't feel good about this, John. And there's nothing wrong with getting your hopes up, as long as you temper your expectations.
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    Skip about for today: then file the whole matter under 'Hope' and get on with something else. Do not sit watching the e-mailbox - you'll go as mad as a writer that way.
    Good luck!
  • heatherheather
    edited December 2015
    Very good news - a success in its own right.
    I hope it goes further - if it doesn't then it is still further than a lot of people get (myself included!) and evidence that you are doing something right that someone else may also see.
  • LizLiz
    Fabulous - fingers crossed for you!
  • ana sana s
    Enjoy the high; no matter what happens next it's a validation and a confidence booster.
  • ClaudiaClaudia
    Brilliant news, and it's a success in its own right really. Fingers crossed for you.
  • LizyLizy
    What they said.
    Even an answer is a bonus, in my experience. Well done!
  • karenkaren
    Great news, well done! :)
  • stuartlennonstuartlennon
    Great work. Well done. Now crack on with something else. Fingers crossed.
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