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Fun Memory Game Read an Excerpt At the Institute of Children's Literature Web Site on the page www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/ws07/johnson.shtml from January 2005 through January 2006, there was an article that I wrote for children's writers. Now check out the excerpt here and look for the letter groups, then scroll to NOW TRY THIS. Read the directions, then use them to create something fun. [You can also do an Internet search - for example: egbdf music scale mnemonic device - to discover something that is interesting]. Excerpt The fun part of "A Solution for Query Letter Quandaries" by Carolyn M. Johnson E G B D F M V E M J S U N R O Y G B I V O B A F G K M R N S and H D A I Q E W Y E No, they are not letters for an eye test, nor letters you might ask for on "Wheel of Fortune"—although they could be. They are examples of mnemonics, or memory devices. The examples above have helped students and other people remember a music scale, the planets and their order in our solar system, the colors in the rainbow, and the different types of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy—plus a miscellany of other things. What is important about them here is that they could set the stage for a way to remember things of a special nature. VOILA! What to remember, and how, when composing a query letter to an editor or agent, with or without a sample chapter or chapters of a manuscript. What To Remember When Writing A Query Letter First, consider Hook and Data and Annotation, plus Inspiration and Qualifications and Experience, then Why You, and, finally, Enticement, the H D A I Q E W Y E above. NOW TRY THIS OK, now. Try this technique, a writing exercise in itself, and a memory game, to guide you, and perhaps inspire you, in the creation of your query letter. Here are a suggestion and some examples to get you started: To remember Hook, Data, Annotation, Inspiration, Qualifications and Experience, Why You, and one more Enticement—the essentials of a query letter—try taking the first letter of each word, and the first letters of both words in a phrase, and making a memorable sentence with them, such as the following [or whatever helps you to remember those essentials]: How Diligently An Infant Questions Endlessly Whatever You Extole. Then you will be all set to write a query letter for your manuscript, and then another, and more—one for each of your manuscripts. You will have a headstart with your very own special mnemonic sentence that will help you remember the essentials of a query letter to keep in mind as you write—that letter of letters. Now, R S G, Ready, Set, Go! C Y O Q L, Compose Your Own Query Letter (on one page, remember). |
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