If your submission is nonfiction, you will need a book proposal.
- A book proposal
is critical tool for selling all non-fiction books. It is the
document that will sell a publishing staff on your nonfiction book. It
reads very much like a business plan for the book proposed, and can be
anywhere from 10 – 100 pages including sample
chapters. Writing one is an exercise in discipline and focus,
and you must dedicate the necessary time to educate yourself on how to
write one. It uses a specific format, and specialized
language to help you present your book in a favorable light.
- There are many books available to teach you how to put together a good proposal. The one I recommend most is How to Write a Book Proposal (3rd edition) by Michael Larsen
If you submission is fiction, you will need a different sort of proposal.
- Fiction
requires a short one page synopsis and a longer synopsis which is also
called the chapter-by-chapter outline. The chapter-by-chapter outline
is just what it says: You write a chapter synopsis for each
chapter of your book.
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