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Query Letter Critique and Rebuild Plan
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My current query letter: {{QUERY_LETTER}}
Title, genre, age category, word count and comps: {{BOOK_DETAILS}}
The agent I'm sending it to and what their guidelines ask for: {{AGENT_GUIDELINES}}
Critique it against the usual query structure:
1. Hook: does the first line make me want the second? Quote it.
2. Story: protagonist, what they want, what stands in the way, what they must choose and what happens if they fail. Which are missing?
3. Voice: does the pitch sound like the book?
4. Book details: title, genre, word count and comps in one tidy paragraph.
5. Bio: brief and relevant.
6. Length: count the words; most queries run roughly 250-350 words.
7. Red flags: rhetorical questions, the ending revealed or teased coyly, too many named characters, claims about being the next big bestseller.
Then give a rebuild plan: a paragraph-by-paragraph outline of what each part should do, using my book's details. Offer one alternative hook line built from my own wording. Don't rewrite the whole query; I'll draft it from the plan.
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“Query Letter Critique and Rebuild Plan” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Writing & Creative category, 196 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{QUERY_LETTER}}, {{BOOK_DETAILS}}, {{AGENT_GUIDELINES}}.
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