Start Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Tuition: $199.99 | | | About the Boot Camp:
If you want to get a literary agent, you have to hook them quickly with your submission materials. And the two most important items during your initial agent inquiry are the all-important query letter and first pages of your story. This Writer's Digest Boot Camp will teach how to do create an amazing agent submission.
Writing a strong query letter requires a great hook and clear premise. The first sentence should immediately catch the reader's attention, while the ending should leave the reader wanting to dive into the pages of the manuscript. Your first pages should work similarly-you want the person reading to find it absolutely unputdownable. But this takes practice, patience, and an eye for detail. Which is why we're here: to discuss what to do and not to do and to make your query and first pages as stand-out as possible.
Suzie Townsend, Jaida Temperly, and JL Stermer are currently building their lists at New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc. and understand what information will help prospective authors weigh all of their options before choosing an agent. | How it works:
On April 12, 2017, you will gain access to an all-new special 60-minute online tutorial via the course system: "The Query Process: Catch an Agent's Interest With Your Query and First Pages" presented by literary agents of New Leaf Literary.
After listening to the presentation, attendees will spend the next two days revising materials as necessary. After viewing the tutorial, writers will have two days in which to log onto the course system and ask assigned agent critiquers questions related to revising materials. The agents will be available on the course system from 1-3 p.m. (EDT) on both Thursday, April 13 and Friday, April 14. No later than Saturday, April 15, attendees will submit a query and the first five manuscript or proposal pages for critique. The submissions will receive feedback directly from the boot camp literary agents.
The agents will spend up to four weeks reviewing all assigned critiques and provide feedback to help attendees. (The agents reserve the right to request more materials if they feel a strong connection to the work and want to read more; note that multiple agents have signed writers after reading their work as part of WD boot camps.) | Please note that any one of the agents may ask for additional pages if the initial submission shows serious promise
| | | | PLEASE NOTE: the boot camp schedule is subject to change depending on number of registrants. No Additional discounts are available. All sales are final. |
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| About New Leaf Literary Agents: | | Suzie Townsend graduated film school, earned her Masters of Education, taught high school English, and coached a swim team. In her spare time, she read everything she could, which prompted her move to publishing. As a literary agent, she represents all brands of children's and adult fiction. She loves women's fiction, all subgenres of romance, crime fiction, young adult, and middle grade. Suzie loves strong characters and voice-driven stories that break out of the typical tropes of their genres, and she's always looking for unique new voices in stories. | | Jaida Temperly, literary agent, is very excited to be building her client list. For middle grade and young adult titles, she's drawn to quirky, dark stories (The Mysterious Benedict Society, Coraline, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, etc.) For adult fiction, she loves stories with strong mystery, art history, or religious undertones (The Westing Game, A Discovery of Witches, and The DaVinci Code). She loves logic puzzles, anything by Wes Anderson, horticulture, and everything related to Scotland. | | JL Stermer is adding to her non-fiction list in both YA and adult categories with smart pop-culture, comedy/satire, fashion, health & wellness, self-help, and memoir. She's also growing her fiction list (a bit more selectively) and is looking for adult and some YA coming-of-age, humor, dark and edgy stories, and new and original voices in commercial and upmarket. JL is looking for voices that reflect the world as it changes, stories that share the human experience of life, love, growth, and achievement. | | |
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