Writers' & Artists' Guide to How Hook an Agent: Q&A help and advice for authors

The W&A Guide to How to Hook an Agent is the definitive guide to putting together a manuscript submission and attracting the attention of a literary agent.Structured around a series of real-life questions raised at Writers’ & Artists’ successful ‘How to Hook an Agent’ events, this lively and accessible Q&A guide provides everything an unpublished writer needs to know about seeking the representation of a literary agent. Full of practical detail and examples of good and bad practice, it covers:· Responses to over 180 questions asked by writers about getting an agent· How to research and approach an agent· The key ingredients of a submission· How to draft a successful covering letter· What to expect when working with an agent · The agent-publisher relationship· Contracts, rights and royaltiesThis unique guide is suitable for writers of fiction and non-fiction and writing across different genres and age ranges.