Writing a query letter is hard work—nearly as hard as writing the book! That was my experience at least. Nathan Bransford's blog got me through it and helped me produce a query letter I was happy with. I highly recommend this post to anyone writing a query letter: Query Letter Mad Lib.
Skeleton Query
Dear [Agent name],
I chose to submit to you because of your wonderful taste in [genre], and because you [personalized tidbit about agent].
[protagonist name] is a [description of protagonist] living in [setting]. But when [complicating incident], [protagonist name] must [protagonist's quest] and [verb] [villain] in order to [protagonist's goal].
[title] is a [word count] work of [genre]. I am the author of [author's credits (optional)], and this is my first novel.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best wishes,
[your name]
Nathan Bransford's Post About Writing Query Letters
Nathan Bransford has several other terrific posts about writing a query letter:
Happy querying!
Other articles you might like:
- Query Letters: How To Write Them And Who To Send Them To- Query Tracker: Keep Track Of Your Stories
- How To Structure Your Story
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Thanks for the great links! I'm bookmarking this post for later :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to have helped! :)
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