Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent

Name: Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781472970077
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Q&A help and advice for authors

By James Rennoldson

Series: Writers' and Artists'

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Summary

Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent is a comprehensive Q&A guide aimed at unpublished writers looking to secure literary representation. It is based on real questions from Writers' & Artists' popular events and covers researching agents, crafting submissions, writing covering letters, and understanding contracts and royalties. The book offers practical advice with examples to help writers of fiction and non-fiction across genres and age groups attract and work effectively with agents.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for unpublished writers seeking to learn how to approach and work with literary agents, including those writing fiction, non-fiction, and multiple genres.

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& Artists’ successful ‘How to Hook an Agent’ events, this lively and accessible Q&A guide provides everything an unpublished writer needs to know about seeking the representation of a literary agent.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.

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Readers praise this guide for replacing fear with hope and clear understanding. They highlight its friendly, non-intimidating tone and appreciate the detailed advice on submission letters and synopses, making the process accessible.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472970077

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Yearbooks

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 256

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Education & Reference James Rennoldson Non-Fiction Series: Writers' and Artists'

About the Author

James Rennoldson has a degree in Journalism and English Literature from the University of Central Lancashire and a MA in Novel Writing from Brunel University. He is the Senior Digital Product Manager for Writers & Artists in which role he has developed and added to the number and success of events and courses that W&A offer to our ever-expanding and loyal community of writers and readers.