ASK A LITERARY CONSULTANT
Draw attention the write way
Make your submission appeal to agents by following Helen Corner-Bryant’s advice
Helen Corner-Bryant’s
Q Getting an agent seems harder than attracting a publisher: how do I make my submission stand out?
A Try to put yourself in their shoes and aim to make it easy to spot your brilliant submission.
Ask anyone in an agency or publishing house faced with piles of submissions or full submissions inboxes and they will most likely tell you that 99% of submissions contain obvious no-nos and are easy to discard. You want yours to be the one that makes them pause and read on.