Lear: And my poor fool is hanged. No, no life? Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? O, thou wilt come no more, never, never, never.
Pray you, undo this button. Thank you, sir.
O, O, O, O.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Rejections, Suggestions, Riddle Me This
If you have ever had a poem come back with revision suggestions, "change this change that," "we like it but" ... what did you do? I would really like to hear about it. Did you make the changes?
Sorry, Keith. Never happened to me. I have had stuff accepted, and minor change suggestion subsequently made as part of the galley process (e.g. use this spelling of this word for consistency)--but never had someone ask me to change a poem in order to publish it. Follow your gut.
Unless the poem is marred beyond recognition by the suggested changes, I would do them. In the end, the rights revert to you, so you change it back to way you wanted in the first place when you put into to a book.
If you have ever had a poem come back with revision suggestions, "change this change that," "we like it but" ... what did you do? I would really like to hear about it. Did you make the changes?
Sorry, Keith. Never happened to me. I have had stuff accepted, and minor change suggestion subsequently made as part of the galley process (e.g. use this spelling of this word for consistency)--but never had someone ask me to change a poem in order to publish it. Follow your gut.
ReplyDeleteUnless the poem is marred beyond recognition by the suggested changes, I would do them. In the end, the rights revert to you, so you change it back to way you wanted in the first place when you put into to a book.
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