Getting an Agent for Your Novel: Lessons from 90+ Rejections (Ep. 3)

Get all the notes and bonuses from this episode. Nathan shares his journey querying agents for his debut novel, the brutality of getting rejected 90+ times, and the lessons learned along the way. Most importantly, he shares what he's going to do differently with his new novel, and why he thinks he has a much higher chance of success now than he did before. [0:00] Getting an Agent for a Novel[1:37] How Long Should Your Book Be?[4:27] When Are You Ready?[7:32] Getting Feedback Before Querying[9:40] Finding Beta Readers[10:41] Searching for Agents[12:43] What to Send Agents[17:18] Writing An Exciting Query Letter[19:14] Paid Query Critique Services[22:37] The Book Synopsis[25:30] Example Query Structure[29:17] How Long Does a Response Take?[31:07] Reasons Agents Aren't Interested[34:41] Rejections Hurt[37:06] What Nathan's Doing Differently This Time[39:41] Getting Warm Intros[42:23] Having an Author Platform[44:28] Successful Query Letters to Copy SAY HI 💌 Newsletter: https://betweendraftspod.com/ 🐤 X Nathan's X Nat's X 📸 Instagram: Nathan's Instagram Nat's Instagram 💼 LinkedIn: Nathan's LinkedIn Nat's LinkedIn

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