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Don’t just tell an agent what’s in your novel (query critique)

April 7, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this […]

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Lead with the story (query critique)

March 24, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this […]

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Show the agent what’s in your novel (query critique)

March 10, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this […]

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Organize your query coherently (query critique)

February 10, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 5 Comments

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I am very low on queries to critique! This means that if you submit yours, there are fairly good odds I’ll critique yours. If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the […]

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Immerse us in the protagonist’s story (query critique)

January 27, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I am very low on queries to critique! This means that if you submit yours, there are fairly good odds I’ll critique yours. If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on […]

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Weave personality and a sense of atmosphere into your plot description (query critique)

January 13, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this […]

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