THE HUNGRY WRITER’S GUIDE TO TRACKING & CAPTURING A LITERARY AGENT: How to Get the RIGHT Agent for Your Manuscript by Annette Fix
START DATES: CLOSED
DURATION: 4 weeks
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Are you looking for the perfect agent to represent your manuscript but you’re not sure where to start? Have you sent out queries and received rejection letters? If you haven’t had agents request a partial or full read of your manuscript, you need help targeting the right agent and honing your pitch and query letter.
This class is for writers who want to find an agent who will fall in love with their manuscript and be excited to present their work to major publishers. Querying is not a numbers game. Mass submissions = mass rejections. Without the proper approach, your manuscript will never have the opportunity to be read by an agent.
By the end of this course, you will know how to target the right agent for your material and leave with a list of agents who are signing and selling in your genre. You will develop your “elevator pitch” and learn valuable in-person pitching techniques. You will complete the course with a query letter that showcases your voice and the tone of your book, and lifts your query out of the slush pile.
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After you helped me work through creating and practicing my pitch capsule, the YA agent I pitched asked for my manuscript partial! There’s no way I could have done it without your help. ~ Derral
Annette’s course on acquiring an agent streamlined a process that may have taken me months, or even years, to figure out on my own. It was especially helpful for a novice like me, because she gave me the essential tools I need to query, pitch, and even assure my manuscript is up to par. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to jump in the deep end of the publishing world. ~ Lindsey Burton
Annette’s “How to Get an Agent” Workshop is an investment well spent. Her openness and willingness to share tools and resources is unlimited, and her advice is on the mark. I’ve taught English and creative writing for eight years, and the resources she shared are ones I was not familiar with, nor would I have ever discovered them if not for taking her course. I recommend this workshop to all writers ready and hungry to get their work out there! ~ Jeannine Hogue
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WEEKS AT A GLANCE:
Week 1: Determine your genre and begin researching appropriate agents using instructor’s techniques. Includes instruction about where and how to target agents currently representing and selling manuscripts in your genre. (No, it’s not the Writer’s Market, Guide to Literary Agents, or Jeff Herman’s book.)
Weeks 2 & 3: Craft your query letter. Discover the dos and don’ts of query letter content and how to make your query stand out. Receive instructor feedback on drafts and revisions of your query letter. Continue researching appropriate agents.
Week 4: Develop your pitch capsule. Learn to effectively pitch your book in less than 1 minute. Receive instructor feedback on drafts and revisions of your query letter. Practice delivering your pitch during an end-of-workshop chat session.
Materials needed: None. Instructor will provide all digital files and link resources.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Most of you know Annette Fix as the former Senior Editor of WOW!. She is also the author of The Break-Up Diet: A Memoir, a finalist for ForeWord Magazine’s 2009 Book of the Year and was offered an option for development as a cable television series. When doing the agent query shuffle, she discovered her specific technique and was signed by a top NY agent within one month of sending her e-query. Annette speaks at writer’s conferences about how to get the right agent, and provides freelance services that include editing and comprehensive manuscript analysis.
COST: $249 (Normally $299), which includes weekly assignments with a step-by-step guide to crafting your agent submission materials, e-mail support, and extensive feedback from your instructor on drafts and revisions of your query letter and pitch, and FREE valuable query samples from agents in the publishing industry.
BUY NOW: How to Get the Right Agent for Your Manuscript, by Annette Fix (4 weeks, starting 6/3/2013). Limit: 10 students. Early registration is recommended.
This class is now closed. Please check here for our current schedule.
Notes: Upon successful completion of payment, your name, email address, and contact info will be submitted to your instructor. She will invite you to her private discussion group where you can get started.
Questions? Email Marcia & Angela at:
classroom[at]wow-womenonwriting[dot]com
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