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July 15, 2009 by Tricia Goyer Leave a Comment

Writing Q & A

Q: For a long time I’ve wanted to write an autobiography and was wondering if you had any suggestions. Would my best route be to write the whole thing first, or write a brief report and send it to several publishers and see what response I’d get. How did you get your start? Thanks in advance.

A: Publishers request a complete manuscript now. Agents, for that matter, do too. Also, these days you cannot approach a publisher without an agent, so you have to win over an agent first.

My advice is to start writing the whole thing. Also, if you can, attend a writer’s conference. At the conference you can meet with editors and agents and talk to them face-to-face. They’ll get to know you and they’ll also be able to give feedback for your story.

I hope that helps!

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