Sometimes, learning to write a good query and first page can feel impossible. But the best DIY way we've found is to just keep listening, reading, and analyzing queries and pages, and to get the rhythm, structure, and feel of them in your mind.
Today, we go over Elizabeth Holden's query and first page for her forthcoming YA novel, Mighty Millie Novak, coming August, 2024.
These are the query and page that got her an offer from agent Allison Hellegers at Stimola Literary Studio.
Liz generously provided her query and page to us as a learning tool, and she goes over them with Jessica Sinsheimer (Context Literary and co-founder of ManuscriptAcademy.com, ManuscriptWishList.com, and #mswl) here.