What not to do in your query:
Don't do this.
But it sure makes for a good Monday morning laugh.
Breakdown of some of the "faults" of the mock query sent to Janet Reid, Query Shark:
Don't do this.
But it sure makes for a good Monday morning laugh.
Breakdown of some of the "faults" of the mock query sent to Janet Reid, Query Shark:
- started the query with a character other than the main character
- ridiculous description
- focused too much time on minuscule details and mostly ignored the plot
- claimed to be a murder mystery without mentioning who died
- misspellings
- described the story as "funny" (never describe your own story as anything! Let the agent figure out what to call it.)
- compared her work to literary masters
- compared her work to wildly different genres that don't blend well together
- had a 350,000 word manuscript
- threatened to stalk the agent
- considered getting a joke published to be "publishing credentials"
- attached a file without agent's express permission
- rated the story
- included a quote from a friend
What other query-killing mistakes can you find? (Once you stop laughing, that is!)
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