Your proposal is your plea and promise to the publishers. It must be right! Read this to learn how to create a great book proposal, and see what agents have to say about various aspects of the proposal.

There are many reasons why someone would want to write a book, and the “why” helps determine how you shape and write it – as well as what you do with it once it’s complete. Check out this list of “whys” to help you home in on your motivation, which is the first step to writing a great book.