AI for Writers: Query Letters and Pitches That Get Requests

By Jordan Taylor

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You just finished your manuscript. Eighteen months of early mornings, late nights, and weekend writing sessions. Now comes the part nobody told you would be harder than writing the book: getting an agent to read it.

Here's the math that should inform your strategy: agents request full manuscripts on only 1-3% of queries. They receive 100-300+ queries per day. Your query letter—a single page—determines whether anyone reads the 80,000 words you spent a year and a half writing.