Everyone wants their work to stand out and be noticed. So naturally, you’ll want to create an inventive submission to send to an agent or a publisher right? WRONG! Agents and publishers receive hundreds and sometimes thousands of submissions a month. To make the job of wading through all this material easier, they generally have listed the format in which they want to receive it on their website. And they really want it that way – exactly that way.

You might be thinking, “I bet they’ve never see a proposal in this format.” But the agent and publisher may be thinking, “This guy can’t even follow a few, simple directions. What’s going to happen if I match him with an editor?” Let your writing and artwork be inventive. But follow the instructions when submitting a package.

More on this in my book, “How to Be Super Creative,” which you can get on Amazon.