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Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract: The Complete Guide to Writing Query Letters, Synopses and Proposals for Agents and Editors

The only guide of its kind created just for fiction writers. Drawing upon the insights of experienced authors, editors and agents, it provides writers with the crucial information needed to get published in today's rapidly-changing fiction industry. Using examples from real novel proposals, this guide illustrates all the do's and don'ts of pitching a manuscript, including how to:

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target the right publishers

find a great agent

network and make important industry contacts

send a query letter that gets attention

avoid editors' and agents' 'Top 10 submission pet peeves'

master the elements of a strong synopsis and killer cover letter

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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