HOW TO WRITE YOUR QUERY LETTER
This course is all about making your hard work of producing a book
pay off by getting the attention of an agent or editor. It involves
using the right keywords that an agent is looking for, and avoiding
those that will definitely turn them off. It is all about making a
connection with the agent or editor so that a great working relationship
is established.
Learning to write is a skill that takes years.
Writing a novel or a non-fictional project can take years in producing
it and editing it to where a publisher will want to take it on. With all
of this energy, time and money invested in producing a creative piece
of work completed, it now comes time to become a business person and
market your work.
Writing a query letter is never easy. Let's
face it, it means taking a complete novel and boiling it down to one
page. And on this page, you have to connect with the agent or editor,
sell yourself, pitch the story-line, and ask them to give you a chance.
Each paragraph has a specific purpose. This short course will lead you
through the main pitfalls, and offer you what must be covered in a few
words. After all of the work put into writing the book, the query letter
has to be perfect, and you should do everything you can to make it so.
This
course is broken down to piece by piece lectures where I go over the
key elements of the four major paragraphs that all query letters should
have. These key elements have to be precise, yet strong enough to grab
the interest of the agent or editor.
Trying to write a query
letter is hard and getting rejection letters even harder. To avoid this
painful situation, take the time to learn how to write a query letter
properly, and take your hard work, your baby, to the next level and
become a published author.
