23 Literary Agent Query Letters That Worked. Ya literary agents talk about most common submission errors. An agent at andrea brown literary agency since 2003 in northern california, caryn has 15 years of experience working with authors and finding talents that stand out.
Below, we’ve collected 23 different agent pitch letters that actually worked in a variety of genres. Dear agent, please find enclosed the synopsis and first three chapters of my 67 000 word young adult novel ‘yellow’. However, i don’t know any agent who got into this business to make writers’ lives harder.
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How to pitch your story Not only is lisa brackmann’s debut novel rock paper tiger to die for, but when she originally contacted me she wrote one of the best query letters i ever received when i was a literary agent. You have one page and 300 words (or less) to woo a literary agent into falling in love with your story and then requesting your manuscript. 11 things writers forget to include in their query letters to literary agents.