So, I just found out about this great site called QueryShark. The literary agent who developed this blog works at FinePrint Literary Management. She takes query letters that people submit to the site and completely marks up what they did wrong and sometimes suggests how they can fix it.
I think it is a great resource for any new writer. Therefore, I took the plunge and submitted my letter to see if she will give me any feedback on it.
Make sure you read all the revised queries.
It has great information to help you with yours. Just to give an example: In my novel, I have a prologue. When literary agents asked for the first “whatever amount of” pages with a query letter, I have been submitting my prologue in that request. The QueryShark says that it is a bad idea to send the prologue.
I could not find the answer to this anywhere until I read her blog. So, now I know, when they say the first “whatever” pages they mean starting with the first chapter.
Anyways there is a bunch of other stuff on how to write a good letter that maybe you didn't even realize. Such things as simple as word choice and syntax or much bigger things such as actually writing about the plot and not backstory.
Check it out!
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