Writing a Book? Four Aspects of a Submission that a Literary Agent Is Sure to Look Out For
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By: Selina Azizi. Posted October 16th, 2016.
As an intern at a literary agency, I think it would be criminal not to write a post about what I’ve learned regarding the whos and the whats that are looked for by agents. A month and a half as an undergraduate intern may not have given me enough experience to do this for a living, but it has certainly taught me a bit about what agents look for in your average submission. So, to all of the authors that aspire to publish books in a non-academic setting, I present to you four aspects of a submission that an agent will likely look for, and at, right away.
