This is so helpful too! I’ve had other writers read my query, but not necessarily agented writers. I also sent it to QueryShark and mine hasn’t ended up on there yet. How would you go about finding agented people to read it? Beta reading sounds useful but I’m also not quite sure how to go about it. I finished my book and sent it to a few…
This is so helpful too! I’ve had other writers read my query, but not necessarily agented writers. I also sent it to QueryShark and mine hasn’t ended up on there yet. How would you go about finding agented people to read it? Beta reading sounds useful but I’m also not quite sure how to go about it. I finished my book and sent it to a few different friends who had offered to read it and then ended up with 3 people who read through the entire thing and gave me feedback (which is still very helpful). And then I let it sit for several months, edited some more, started a new job, let it keep incubating, edited out a few more drafts, and decided to start querying at the 2ish year mark after manuscript completion.
I know there are some Facebook and Discord groups where people post query letters for critique, if you're on either of those platforms. Sometimes they aren't that useful, because people's opinions are just their opinions! But I was trying to think about if you could use some more feedback from other sources. My email is in my profile if you want to shoot me a note and I'll do some thinking about other resources!
This is so helpful too! I’ve had other writers read my query, but not necessarily agented writers. I also sent it to QueryShark and mine hasn’t ended up on there yet. How would you go about finding agented people to read it? Beta reading sounds useful but I’m also not quite sure how to go about it. I finished my book and sent it to a few different friends who had offered to read it and then ended up with 3 people who read through the entire thing and gave me feedback (which is still very helpful). And then I let it sit for several months, edited some more, started a new job, let it keep incubating, edited out a few more drafts, and decided to start querying at the 2ish year mark after manuscript completion.
I know there are some Facebook and Discord groups where people post query letters for critique, if you're on either of those platforms. Sometimes they aren't that useful, because people's opinions are just their opinions! But I was trying to think about if you could use some more feedback from other sources. My email is in my profile if you want to shoot me a note and I'll do some thinking about other resources!