Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper
How to Write a Letter to an Agent
A course by Shaun Levin , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: How to Write a Letter to an Agent
Overview
“In this lesson, we’ll look at how to approach an agent, and what to expect from them.”
In this video lesson Shaun Levin addresses the topic: How to Write a Letter to an Agent, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper. Expand your written ideas into a doable book project using your curiosity, imagination, and worldview.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to Write a Letter to an Agent In this lesson, I'll talk a bit about writing a letter to an agent. If you want a major publisher, you need an agent. All major publishers only deal with agents. If you're happy to go with a smaller publisher, maybe with an independent publisher who's publishing work you love, they'll often have submission guidelines on their website and you can deal directly with them. Often, they too will only read work through an agent, so you need to approach an agent. If you don't want to deal with an agent or don't want a medium-size publisher, if you don't want a big...”
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Course summary for: Book Writing for Beginners: Develop Your Ideas on Paper
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Creativity, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Shaun Levin
A course by Shaun Levin
Shaun Levin is a writer and creative writing teacher from South Africa who is based in Madrid. He also lived and wrote for many years in Tel Aviv and London. His writing has always been prompted by reading and closely examining the books he loves. He went on to study literature at university and soon started to get his stories published in magazines and anthologies. His passion for books has led him to a parallel career in bookbinding and producing handmade books.
Shaun has over twenty years of experience teaching creative writing in colleges, schools, art galleries, and other settings. He has published several novels and short story collections, including Alone with a Man in a Room, Seven Sweet Things, and Snapshots of The Boy, as well as three guides for writers taking on book-length projects, The Writing Notebooks. Today, Shaun continues to teach creative writing and work on his next novel and collection of short stories.
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