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Anatomy of a Query
A query letter is a one-page business letter sent to literary agents or editors to pitch your manuscript. It has four parts: the hook (a one-to-two-sentence pitch), the synopsis (a 150-word summary of the plot including the ending), the biography (your relevant credentials), and the metadata (genre, word count, comparable titles). Agents receive hundreds of queries per week, so clarity and brevity are not optional—they are survival traits.