Query letters - London Book Fair · Marlowe and Christie Writers

Query letters - London Book Fair

Morning all, I managed to get to the Writers' Summit at the London Book Fair last week, and was on a roundtable discussion with a literaty agent. I asked her how much detail to include, about the story, in a query letter. She said the main thing is that it demonstrates the main question within the story. Acccording to her, there is no definitive rule as to whether we should focus on the inciting incident and/or the climax, as long as the question being answered by the story is clear and compelling. I hope this helps.

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