Strong materials are clear, specific, correctly formatted, and tailored to the person reading them. Prepare the whole package before the first query goes out.
Follow the recipient’s brief.
Submission guidelines are not suggestions. Check requested length, file type, subject line, sample format, and whether attachments are accepted every time.
Your package
Three documents, one coherent pitch.
01
Query letter
A concise introduction to the book, its hook, category, audience, relevant credentials, and reason for approaching this recipient.
02
Synopsis
A clear account of the central arc, major turns, and ending—written to inform rather than tease.
03
Sample pages
Clean, proofread pages beginning where the manuscript begins, formatted exactly as requested.
Working checklist
Tick each item off before the first query goes out.
Work through this while the manuscript is still in front of you. Your ticks stay on this page and are not sent anywhere.
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0% prepared
Query letter
0/7
One page. Written for the person reading it, not for a mailing list.
Synopsis
0/6
Written to inform. The ending belongs here.
Sample pages
0/6
Sent exactly as requested, never as a rewritten excerpt.
