I-Sample Letter
Disemba 18, 2015
UMnu. John Doe
I-Brilliant Literary Agency
123 e-East 42nd Street
I-New York, i-NY 10012
Mnu. Doe othandekayo:
Omunye wabalobi bakho, umngane wami u-Olivia Oh, wakhuluma nawe maduzane mayelana noveli ebangeni eliphakathi engabhala. Ngiyithumela ukucubungula kwakho.
"Ngimi! URhonda Michaels" indaba yesikhathi esisezingeni eliphezulu efulethini eliphezulu eLos Angeles. I hero kukhona uRhonda Michaels oneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye ubudala, osesifiso sokuthola umfowabo, obalekele esekisini. Yileveli yami yokuqala, futhi ngamazwi angu-38,000 ubude.
Le ncwadi ihlanganisiwe. Siyabonga kusengaphambili isikhathi sakho.
Ngokuzithoba,
Umlobi weBercece L.
123 Umgwaqo omuhle wedolobha
Noma yikuphi i-Old City, NY 10009
blwriter@goshmail.com
Ucingo: 212-121-1212
Kungani Kuthumela I-Cover Cover?
Iphuzu lekhasi lekhava ukunikeza umongo ukuthi yini i- agent ezofunda, ukuthakazelisa i-ejenti kuwe njengomlobi, nokunikeza ummeli imibono ethile mayelana nokuthi bangase baqale kanjani ukuthengisa futhi bathengise umsebenzi wakho kubahleli futhi ukushicilela izindlu.
Umlobi ngenhla ufeza lokhu ngokuphawula uhlobo, ukuhlelwa, nesakhiwo. Uzoqaphela ukuthi umbhali ucacile futhi kuya endaweni. Umlobi akasibeki incwadi yesikhombi ngolwazi olungadingekile, futhi umlobi akachithi isikhathi esithile ekufikeni kahle ekugcineni kwencwadi.
Indaba Yokuxhumana Yomuntu siqu
Esinye sezici ezibaluleke kakhulu zencwadi oyibhalwa ukuthi umlobi uqala ukubuza kwakhe ngokuchaza ukuthi ngubani owamncoma (u-Olivia Oh).
Noma yikuphi ukuxhumeka onakho kummeleli kubaluleke kakhulu. Kungaba umehluko phakathi kokuba umbhalo wakho wesandla ufunde noma ushonywe kudoti. Ngakho-ke, qalisa njalo incwadi yakho yekhava nge "yakho," okuyilokho owaziyo kulokhu, ikakhulukazi uma osebenza naye efeziwe.
Ezinye Izinto Okumele Zifake Kuye Yakho Incwadi Yesizinda
Uzoqaphela nokuthi umlobi akasho lutho lwezincwadi zangaphambilini. Kungenxa yokuthi lena yileveli yabo yokuqala futhi cishe umzamo wabo wokuqala ekushicilelweni okuqanjiwe. Kodwa-ke, uma unezincwadi ezifanele (okungukuthi, izincwadi eziqanjiwe ezincwadini zomagazini, ezinye izincwadi ezishicilelwe, noma izinhlobonhlobo ezifanele) ngakho-ke zonke izindlela ziqokomisa lokho encwadini yakho yokubhala.
Ngokufanayo, uma unesipiliyoni esifanele kufanele ukhulume ngakho. Noma kunjalo, ungasebenzisi incwadi yakho yekhava njenge-biography noma uqale kabusha. "Incwadi" yokumboza iwukuthi, "incwadi". Ngokuhlangenwe nakho okufanele, lokho kusho ukuzwa ukuthi ngandlela-thile ukwazisa amakhono akho njengomlobi. Isibonelo, uma ubambe isikhundla sokuphatha endlini yokushicilela, lokho akuwona okwenzekayo ngoba awukhulumi namakhono akho njengomlobi. Uma kunjalo, uphumelele ohlelweni lwe-MFA noma unqobe umklomelo wokubhala kwakho, kufanele nakanjani ukhulume lokho encwadini yakho yokubhala.