Abhinav Bhat's Current Query Revised 2 - Critiqued
he Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment
Ugh, work has been so nuts. It took me three days just to get back to this. Sorry, Abhinav! But hey, let’s get right to work, right? My feedback, as usual, will be in blue.
The letter:
Dear [Agent Name]
Twenty-year-old Ah, I see you’ve changed this. Interesting. Should work. Indira Ramsay has studied her entire life for the day she would be recruited to the Reverend Council—the elite corps I still get caught up on this. Corps is a military term, which means a division of an armed force. I get the feeling that’s not what you mean here, but I’m not sure. That said, you’ve stuck with it through three revisions, so clearly you’re committed to it. It should probably be fine. that runs the Ever Empire. Instead, it is her grandfather, Eldritch, who is inexplicably chosen, leaving Indira broken and dejected.
The very next day, Eldritch has gone missing and the city is under attack. The exiled heroes of a hundred subjugated races have returned, and they will see the Empire burn. And Indira is among their first targets.
Marked for death as Eldritch’s blood, Is this because he’s a member of the council? If so, just say “Marked for death as the granddaughter of a councilman.” she manages to survive her assailants and learn the truth of the enemy’s schemes. How does she learn this? They plan to have Eldritch use his newfound power Which is? Do you mean more than just political power? and status to find the Empire’s own hero, the man who defeated them Defeated who? Not the empire, since the empire is clearly still around. centuries ago and disappeared after; they plan to have Eldritch kill him. And for some reason, Eldritch is willing.
The Empire. Above humanity. Above justice. Above all else. This is what Eldritch has taught her. She will live by it.
As the heroes incite riots in the city and stir the underclass to rebellion, Indira will prove herself worthy of the Empire and the validation she was denied. She will find and stop Eldritch from carrying out the enemy’s plan, she will save the Empire at any cost, even if it be Eldritch himself.
Then what if the cost be Eldritch himself?
THE BURNT STATE is a dual-POV adult fantasy novel about a girl and her grandfather, and the Empire that tilts on their decisions. It is complete at 113,000 words.
I have had a short story titled “The Warrior Boy Who Would Not Suffer” published in Apex Magazine in 2016. I am a member of the Codex Writers’ Group, an online community of neo-pro speculative fiction writers.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Abhinav Bhat
This is getting very close! Definite improvements over previous versions. You still need to clarify a few sections of vague wording, but otherwise this is pretty darn good.
That’s it!
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