How an Agent Picks a Client: From Query to Career OnDemand Webinar

Description Many factors go into an agent's decision of whether or not to sign a new client. It starts with the initial query, which must be dazzling, and it proceeds onto the quality and marketability of the material and the author's awareness of the market. This ondemand webinar will give you an inside look at exactly what goes through an agent's mind through each step of the submission process when making this all-important decision. And with this peek inside an agent's mind, writers will see what makes a query letter stand out, what makes an agent request sample pages or a book proposal, and how agents evaluate single titles vs. a book series. What you'll learn: Here are some of the questions an agent asks when evaluating a project at its various stages: First and foremost,Can I sell this? Do I clearly understand what the book is about, and can I explain this concept to editors? How can the pitch, whether fiction or nonfiction, be clearer and streamlined? Does it fit a m