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Q&A What to do when my preview exceeds the requested submission length?

One of the agents I intend to query to requests the first fifty pages be attached to the query email. When I formatted the first four chapters and prologue into submission format, it reached 52 pag...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Taylor M‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:01:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/20835
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Taylor M‭ · 2019-12-08T05:01:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
One of the agents I intend to query to requests the first fifty pages be attached to the query email. When I formatted the first four chapters and prologue into submission format, it reached 52 pages.

I don't know if it's best to cut off the last two pages to match the exact length she requested, leave them so it isn't cut in a random place, or cut the last chapter so that it doesn't go over which would put me under the requested 50 pages.

I certainly don't want my manuscript turned down because I simply failed to follow simple directions. What would be the correct, professional solution?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-02-07T22:28:02Z (almost 9 years ago)
Original score: 4