How To Get Your Manuscript Ready
On what you need your extract to do in order to interest literary agents.
Okay so you’re in the process of getting your manuscript ready to send out to literary agents. Next week I’ll give you some thoughts on how to look for literary agents. But for now, here’s some thoughts on what you’re sending out. Your writing. You will also be sending a pitch letter. We’ll get to that. But the important bit of the submission is the actual writing. And there are many ways to think about what to send. I’ll get to the substance of the submission. Let’s just start with some practical considerations.
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