Diary of Being a Writer; Week 183

Professional Help Is Worth It.

So I just got some feedback on my query letter and synopsis from my editor. Would anyone like to explain to me why the hell I didn’t ask for help sooner?
I mean, really, what did I think I hoped to achieve trying to do it on my own when there are other people out there who are just so much better at this stuff?
Yes, okay, I am a writer, and yes, I should be able to write a letter and a synopsis about my own work, but quite obviously, I can’t.
Sure, I did the tippy tappy thing on the keyboard with the words and they were in the right order and everything but they just didn’t say what needed to be said as clearly and concisely as my editor was able to do. Why can’t we write our own synopsis and query letters? Why is it that we can spend years writing and at times even deciding we are not appalling at it, but when asked to sell out work to an agent, we are incapable of doing it?
Maybe it is just me, but I don’t think it is, As a performer, we would regularly have to write bios about ourselves. A brief paragraph that encapsulates how good we are at performing. It is excruciating. Every time.
Getting a friend to help is not only necessary to retain your sanity. But also to actually come up with a decent one that sells your abilities rather than just list them.
So waiting for the help has meant putting a pause on contacting agents. But…