“I just go, write me three paragraphs. You got to get the book in three paragraphs. Treat it like hardcover, flat copy. Two or three paragraphs on what the book is, what the subject is, and one paragraph on why you're the perfect person to write this book.”
Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle · #214 Inside a Literary Agent's Approach to Nonfiction with Matthew Carnicelli
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Ask authors to write three paragraphs: two-three about the book, one about why they’re the right author
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