Mar 27 2009
What is a query? How do I write one?
Novelists write a query to convince a literary agent or publisher that…
- The book’s concept is exciting and well-designed. If they don’t like the concept, they won’t read the sample chapters.
- The book is marketable and could find an audience.
- The book has some sort of advantage or angle that will allow it to compete with similar books. Why will readers pick up this novel instead of a competing title?
The formatting depends on which literary agency or publisher you’re submitting to, but usually it will feature the following sections:
