Surprised by the amount of interest in this but sure! Let's do a 'writing and publishing debunk'. "If agents reject you, the book is bad"❌ Nope. Agents get 200-500 submissions a month. It means you weren't chosen (unless they specifically tell you it's bad.) "JK Rowling was rejected 14 TIMES, that means agents are stupid" ❌ No it means 14 agents didn't choose Harry Potter over everything else they got that week. Honestly, 14 rejections and 1 yes is a very good outcome. "If your book is good, it will get an agent"❌ Most people submit good work. It's a very saturated space, and sending it to the right agent is everything. "Self publishing is better"❌ If you're a big influencer and happy to hustle hard on promotion, maybe. But you'll probably lose money and there's a reason you want an editor/marketing team involved. "If you've pitched to 10 agents and they all say no, that's proof its not good enough"❌ People get the numbers so wrong here. You should be submitting to a minimum of 30, staggered across several months. "You have to make sure it's absolutely perfect before you submit it" ❌ ABSOLUTELY not. I know people who sit on manuscripts moving commas for years and years. Work on the assumption it will have a spacing mistake on page 103 and your agent will want you to cut a chapter back/cut a character. The bar is "am I satisfied this is as good as I can get it without professional feedback."