Since I am STILL struggling to write the right query for my YA novel, I was floored by the simplicity of the approach proposed by Cornell DeVille. He incorporates the character types he described in an earlier post about the hero’s journey plot format (see that post, and also our Complications Worksheet for a cheat-sheet) to impose an incredibly simple order and logic to the mysterious art of the novel pitch. At the moment, he’s my hero.
http://cornelldeville.blogspot.com/2010/04/query-building.html
Happier query writing!
Martina