NaNoWriMo Final Assignment
1. Electronic -- all
Submit (or update) complete manuscript electronically to Ms. Bowen via email. Include full heading and novel title, and double-space the text.
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Name Period Date Novel ______ total words
Novel / Story Title This is the forest primevalÑthe murmuring pines and the hemlocks stand like druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic... This is the forest primevalÑthe murmuring pines and the hemlocks stand like druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic... This is the forest primevalÑthe murmuring pines and the hemlocks stand like druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic... (From "Evangeline," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) |
2. Research Publishers
Look for publishers who might be interested in the type of novel you have written:
Publishers accepting unagented submissions here.
Database with oodles of possible publishers here: QueryTracker
Not sure what "genre" applies to your writing?
The basics from ReadWriteThink here.
More details from Writers Online Workshops here.
Sub-genres (really really detailed: learn about "biopunk," "hauntings," "wuxia," "urban fantasy," and more) from Writer's Digest here.
3. Query Letter
Prepare a formal "query letter" (a literary sales pitch).
4. Printed Ð best 1000-word segment or chapter
Prepare a "sample chapter" to send with your query letter, which we will do next. Use same format as above, except substitute your permanent contact information (name, mailing address, email) for the heading. Use a header including the novel title, page number, your name and phone number.
Plan to make this the most ERROR-FREE assignment you have ever turned in. An "A" paper will probably not have any mistakes on the first page.
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(first page) Fname Lname 1515 My Lane Kalispell, MT 59901 406.755.0000 mymail@hotmail.com ______ words Novel Title This is the forest primevalÑthe murmuring pines and the hemlocks stand like druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic... This is the forest primevalÑthe murmuring |
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(subsequent pages) Novel Title Fname
Lname Page __ of ___ 406.755.0000 the forest primevalÑthe murmuring pines and the hemlocks stand like druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic... This is the forest primevalÑthe murmuring pines and the |