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This answered a question I had... whether it's permissible to query before your manuscript is finished (but you have a solid narrative arc and you know exactly how the story unfolds). Sounds like it is, as long as you're up front about it. Follow-up question to that is, should you indicate how long it might take to finish the book?

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Keep reading these posts. Book proposals are most often for nonfiction. 99.9% of the time you have to write the whole novel first.

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If you are a good writer no need for tricks. Just demonstrate your talent in the letter.

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