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Cornell DeVille on Nailing Down the Query

by Martina Boone

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

Martina Boone

Martina Boone is the award-winning author of the romantic southern gothic Heirs of Watson Island series, starting with COMPULSION from Simon & Schuster, Simon Pulse and the Celtic Legends Collection of novels set in Scotland, Cornwall, and Ireland beginning with LAKE OF DESTINY. She’s passionate about improving lives through literacy and the love of books, and she runs the Compulsion For Reading program to distribute books to underserved schools and libraries.

She lives with her husband, children, Shetland Sheepdog Phinney, and Zoey the lopsided cat, and she enjoys writing contemporary romantic fiction with a hint of magic set in small towns and beautiful places. When she isn’t writing, she’s addicted to travel, horses, skiing, chocolate flavored tea, and anything with Nutella on it.

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Posted: Apr 10, 2010
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