Agent/Chapter Request Question

Leigh86 · May 2, 2009

If this is already in a thread somewhere on here, I appologize in advance!
I was wondering, when an agent says they want a few chapters along with the initial query, do they want the FIRST few?
They don't often specify exactly which chapters they want, so I'm wondering if I can send, say, the first two and then the last one?
If anyone can help, thank you!

RoseColoredSkies · May 2, 2009

Generally (and this is from what I've read) they want the first 3 chapters.

suki · May 2, 2009

Leigh86 said:
If this is already in a thread somewhere on here, I appologize in advance!
I was wondering, when an agent says they want a few chapters along with the initial query, do they want the FIRST few?
They don't often specify exactly which chapters they want, so I'm wondering if I can send, say, the first two and then the last one?
If anyone can help, thank you!

Always start at the beginning. So if they ask for one chapter, send the first chapter. If three, send the first three.

In fiction, it's a pretty amateur move to send chapters out of sequence. Reason being, the agent wants to see if the book can hook and hold the reader's attention. So a later chapter is irrelevant to that analysis.

good luck.

~suki

dawinsor · May 2, 2009

Always the first chapters.

scope · May 2, 2009

Always send the first chapters. If they want three, send chapters 1-3. Never out of sequence and always from the very beginning chapter.

Stijn Hommes · May 3, 2009

Yes, they always want the first. If you send them anything else, chances are those chapters won't make sense to them.

Agent/Chapter Request Question

Leigh86

RoseColoredSkies

It's a long and winding road

suki

Opinionated

dawinsor

Dorothy A. Winsor

scope

Commonsensical Maverick

Stijn Hommes

Know what you write...