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    Business Fix Your Query in Seven(ish) Easy(ish) Steps with Patrick Hopkins

    We begin with me showing examples of bad query writing, then showing how to fix that bad query writing. The students then work on identifying and fixing examples of those problems in their queries. Finally, they show me what they started with and where they are now, and I work with them...
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    Business Unbreak your query by fixing these five bad things with Patrick Hopkins

    In this intensive, you'll look at five common problems with bad queries and how to fix them. Unbreak your query by fixing these five bad things: Verbs that do nothing Nouns that should be verbs Modifiers that kill action by turning it into facts Telling language that should be showing Stakes...
  3. Laura Drake

    Business So You Want To Get an Agent with Laura Drake

    We will cover query structure, etiquette, tracking and how to find agents to send to. Huge amount of info in a small package!
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    All things writing Query letter being critiqued by group of agents

    I'm attending the Writers Digest Science Fiction and Fantasy Virtual Conference. There is an opportunity to have a query letter critiqued by a group of agents. Has anyone participated in this in past years? I'm wondering if I should only provide the general text of my query letter or if I...
  5. Laura Drake

    Business Submissions That Sell! with Laura Drake

    Your writing is amazing. You’ve edited your manuscript until the reflection alone will blind. Congratulations! But without an equally shiny submission package, those agents/editors will never know about you, and that you could have been their next great author. This course will teach you...