Tag: proposal
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Fiction Proposal Marketing Page
The marketing page includes market analysis, similar books, and what you, the author intend to do to market your book. Market Analysis: This is the section where you tell the demographics, target audience, of who would be interested in your book. Include age, gender, interests, religion, or anything else you think might narrow it down.…
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Fiction Proposal Biographical Page
The biographical page consists of two parts. Part one is the biographical sketch, and part two is past publications. Biographical Sketch: Don’t put too much effort in this section. You don’t want to write a complete biography about how you wanted to write since you were in third grade. The main thing you want here…
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Fiction Proposal Sell Sheet
The sell sheet is the second page of your fiction proposal. Not all agents or publishers require a sell sheet, but some do. Even if they don’t, it doesn’t hurt to add a sell sheet to your proposal. Your sell sheet should include the following elements: Promo Sentence Sales Handle: These are sometimes called loglines…
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The Fiction Proposal
Most agents and publishers at some point during the submission process ask for a proposal. There are many books and articles out there that teach how to write a non-fiction proposal but very few about fiction proposals. For the next few posts after Thanksgiving, I’ll cover different aspect of the fiction proposal. This post covers…