Friday, May 6, 2022

Query and Synopsis: Multiple Versions?

I started my query and synopsis long before my manuscript was completed. A rough process. You can research a hundred queries and as many synopses and still screw up your own. I figured waiting until my novel was absolutely complete would not be a smart move. I knew these two items were important. Each time I got bogged down in my writing, I’d switch to my query or synopsis for a bit. 

The first go-around, I tried hard to get the information in there. I figured agents need to know this shit, right? Then again, I also concluded that adding in more might come across as a lack of confidence. Agents are busy—long queries probably get nixed routinely. I could be wrong, but who the hell knows.

I wrote a couple of query and synopsis options: long, short, and varying word choices—every other agent wants something different. And it allows me to sound them out, seeing if one flows better than the other. At the very least, I’m not scrambling to start a document from scratch with each successive query. 

All of the above may be considered moot until I land an agent. But being prepared—giving it your all—is always the best course of action. It’s the only damn way I know how to do things.

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