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After about a hundred rewrites my memoir is almost ready to go out to the big wide world.
I have two questions for people familiar with memoirs and publishing:
1) Many people change names of individuals in memoirs for privacy etc... If I am going to do this should I change names before I send my manuscript to an agent or keep them as real names and ask the agent for their advice on changing names if I ever get signed. Some people/ characters may also be recognisable in the local community and I'm not sure whether to leave these as their real names and ask the agent their opinion later?
2) I've had mixed advice about the synopsis and query letter for memoirs. Should they follow standard rules and be in present tense and third person or the same as the manuscript (which is 1st person, past tense)?
hope these questions make sense
thanks for any advice you can provide
I have two questions for people familiar with memoirs and publishing:
1) Many people change names of individuals in memoirs for privacy etc... If I am going to do this should I change names before I send my manuscript to an agent or keep them as real names and ask the agent for their advice on changing names if I ever get signed. Some people/ characters may also be recognisable in the local community and I'm not sure whether to leave these as their real names and ask the agent their opinion later?
2) I've had mixed advice about the synopsis and query letter for memoirs. Should they follow standard rules and be in present tense and third person or the same as the manuscript (which is 1st person, past tense)?
hope these questions make sense
thanks for any advice you can provide