I am a fiction writer and this is the first time I have tried non-fiction.
I've been reading about non-fiction queries/proposals and I know there is this gigantic list of items we should present with our query, but some of the items don't make much sense with the type of non-fiction I want to present.
It's not a health book or something that offers a solution to a certain problem, it's a book that collects funny stories that happened in my life.
Do things like a table of contents or platform, etc make much sense when presenting this type of non-fiction?
Do I need a big bio (I don't really have anything interesting to tell them that would add to the book. It's not subject I'm an expert at, it's just funny stories from my life), does a chapter/chapters outlines make sense in this type of non-fiction?
Right now what I have is a hook, I compare it to books of the genre and tell them why I think my should sell and then I say a little something about myself. I would also send sample chapters.
Is this enough, for my type of non fiction?
I am also having some difficulty defining my book. Someone asked me if it was memoirs. Here's what I said: The book is comprised of 24 stories, each one talks about a relationship with a man. It begins with me as a child and my relationship with my father, then a relationship when I was in fourth grade, then stories from teenage years, all the way into adulthood. The book has a chronological order, the theme is always the same. I am not sure if I would call these little stories essays. I am not 100% sure (English is not my native language), though I know the general meaning of essay.
Each story can be read separately, though there are a couple of chapters where I mention someone who has appeared in a previous chapter/story and I do mention my repetive patterns, which the readers will pick up on after reading a bunch of chapters.
Is it a memoir? I'm not sure.
Overall I am SO confused about preparing a query/proposal for my book, I would REALLY appreciate help with this.
Thank you so much!
I've been reading about non-fiction queries/proposals and I know there is this gigantic list of items we should present with our query, but some of the items don't make much sense with the type of non-fiction I want to present.
It's not a health book or something that offers a solution to a certain problem, it's a book that collects funny stories that happened in my life.
Do things like a table of contents or platform, etc make much sense when presenting this type of non-fiction?
Do I need a big bio (I don't really have anything interesting to tell them that would add to the book. It's not subject I'm an expert at, it's just funny stories from my life), does a chapter/chapters outlines make sense in this type of non-fiction?
Right now what I have is a hook, I compare it to books of the genre and tell them why I think my should sell and then I say a little something about myself. I would also send sample chapters.
Is this enough, for my type of non fiction?
I am also having some difficulty defining my book. Someone asked me if it was memoirs. Here's what I said: The book is comprised of 24 stories, each one talks about a relationship with a man. It begins with me as a child and my relationship with my father, then a relationship when I was in fourth grade, then stories from teenage years, all the way into adulthood. The book has a chronological order, the theme is always the same. I am not sure if I would call these little stories essays. I am not 100% sure (English is not my native language), though I know the general meaning of essay.
Each story can be read separately, though there are a couple of chapters where I mention someone who has appeared in a previous chapter/story and I do mention my repetive patterns, which the readers will pick up on after reading a bunch of chapters.
Is it a memoir? I'm not sure.
Overall I am SO confused about preparing a query/proposal for my book, I would REALLY appreciate help with this.
Thank you so much!
