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Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent
Q&A help and advice for authors
Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent
Q&A help and advice for authors
Description
The W&A Guide to How to Hook an Agent is the definitive guide to putting together a manuscript submission and attracting the attention of a literary agent.
Structured around a series of real-life questions raised at Writers' & Artists' successful 'How to Hook an Agent' events, this lively and accessible Q&A guide provides everything an unpublished writer needs to know about seeking the representation of a literary agent. Full of practical detail and examples of good and bad practice, it covers:
· Responses to over 180 questions asked by writers about getting an agent
· How to research and approach an agent
· The key ingredients of a submission
· How to draft a successful covering letter
· What to expect when working with an agent
· The agent-publisher relationship
· Contracts, rights and royalties
This unique guide is suitable for writers of fiction and non-fiction and writing across different genres and age ranges.
Table of Contents
Part I: The role of the literary agent
What Are Literary Agents and What Do They Do?
Literary Agents and the Publishing Industry
The Author–Agent Relationship: Finding A Literary Agent
Part II: The submission process
Is My Manuscript Ready?
Submitting a Manuscript
The Covering Letter
The Synopsis
The Opening Chapters
Part III: Following submission
In Between Submissions
Dealing with Rejection and Starting Over
Offers of Representation
Working with a Literary Agent
Contracts, Rights and Royalties
Keep Going
Glossary
Question Index
General Index
Product details
| Published | 10 Jun 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781472970077 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Yearbooks |
| Dimensions | 0 x 0 mm |
| Series | Writers' and Artists' |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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