You have a great idea for a new book. If you want to publish it, you must write a book proposal that will convince an agent (and then an editor) to take on your great idea. But the prospect of writing the proposal is even more daunting than the prospect of writing the actual book. Where do you begin? What do you include? In this talk, you’ll find out what does and doesn’t go into a truly professional nonfiction book proposal. Plus: the best way for fiction writers to present their work to agents.

Lorraine Bodger is the author of more than thirty nonfiction books, all of which required proposals. She’s also a fiction writer, private editor, and producer of many book proposals for other writers.

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The Writing Life events in 2013 were generously underwritten by Jenny Lawrence.