{"id":22526,"date":"2023-08-29T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/?p=22526"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:55:54","slug":"my-best-advice-for-writing-a-successful-book-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2023\/08\/my-best-advice-for-writing-a-successful-book-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Advice for Writing a Successful Book Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, I appeared on the Journey Sixty6 Podcast with Melissa Parks and Dave Goetz to discuss my best advice for writing a successful book proposal. Melissa and Dave asked THE BEST and MOST THOROUGH questions about the subject and I’m thrilled to be able to share it with you. Listen here <\/a>for my advice on book proposal writing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Melissa and Dave highlighted these “Great Moments in the Episode”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:50 \u2013 8:16      The number one thing publishers and literary agents look for in a book proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:18 \u2013 10:19    Lisa answers the question: What size platform do agents and publishers look for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:20 \u2013 12:18  What to do when an agent likes your idea but you do not have a platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:19 \u2013 13:49 How to grow a basic platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:50 \u2013 16:01 Help for developing your book idea when it needs to be differentiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:03 \u2013 16:36 Signs your book is based on a crummy idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17:37 \u2013 18:52  When you should pursue an independent publisher instead of a traditional publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:53 \u2013 19:52  Signs your idea is suited for an article and not a book.<\/p>\n\n\n

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19:54 \u2013 21:15 How to differentiate your book from comps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21:16 \u2013 22:15 How many comps and what types of comps to include in your book proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22:16 \u2013 25:54  How much of your book should be completed when you submit your proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25:55 \u2013 28:18  How much time a writer should devote to a book proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28:20 \u2013 30:23  Reasons why your literary agent might accept your book but a publisher won\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30:25 \u2013 32:05  How your publishing on external digital platforms influences literary agents and publishing boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

32:06 \u2013 35:01  Missteps when writing a book proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

35:53 \u2013 37:21 Managing expectations for first-time authors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of the interview, they also asked about The Joy of Writing Journal,<\/a> finding joy in writing and more questions about the creative process and my favorite prompts and responses. Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here is my top article on how to write a book proposal<\/a>, along with links that highlight specific advice for each section of a proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, I appeared on the Journey Sixty6 Podcast with Melissa Parks and Dave Goetz to discuss my best advice for writing a successful book proposal. Melissa and Dave asked THE BEST and MOST THOROUGH questions about the subject and I’m thrilled to be able to share it with you. Listen here for my advice…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,10,12,1685],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-book-proposals","8":"category-finding-an-agent","9":"category-getting-published","10":"category-how-to-get-published","11":"category-how-to-write-a-book-proposal","12":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278662,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22526\/revisions\/278662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}