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By Sophie Austin Posted on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

Sell your book in 60 seconds: top tips for verbal pitches

So this year at the Stockholm Writer’s Festival I had the lucky opportunity to pitch my manuscript to an agent. My actual manuscript. TO AN ACTUAL AGENT. And whilst I … Continue reading Sell your book in 60 seconds: top tips for verbal pitches

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By Sophie Austin Posted on April 26, 2018August 7, 2018

7 Points In Your Story That Agents Stop Reading

The idea of every word you write is to pull the reader to the next word. Each sentence has to drag them to the next sentence. Each chapter to the … Continue reading 7 Points In Your Story That Agents Stop Reading

Categories: Getting PublishedTags: how to get a literary agent, how to get an agent, how to keep agents reading, keeping your readers reading

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