What Is A Query Letter Template?

A query template is a reusable foundation for all of your submissions. 

It's a prewritten document that stays mostly the same across your agent queries, with a few customizable details for each submission.

After all, your hook, comp titles, author bio, etc., don't change from agent to agent. The only elements that are certain to shift are the agent's name and a personalized detail about why you chose them.

Querier handles this automatically. You write the unchanging parts once, set up placeholders for agent-specific details, and let Querier generate the final package for each submission.

How To Create Your Query Letter Template

Follow these steps to create a reusable query letter template:

1. Write your query letter in the Editor. Compose the core pitch you'll send to agents, including your hook, book details, and why you're querying.
2. Identify text that changes between submissions. Create placeholders for agent names, personalization details, and other agent-specific information that will change for each agent.
3. Create placeholders in the Personalization field. Each placeholder wraps a name in double curly braces. The agent name Personalization is provided for you (See the {{name}} placeholder in the image below).
4. Watch the placeholder populate your template. Once created, your placeholder automatically appears in the Editor wherever you insert it.
5. See it in action in the Example Email. The "Example Email" section shows how your Personalization would appear in an actual email, replacing the placeholder with sample text from the "Example Text" field so you can preview the final result.
6. Use Personalizations when querying. When you create an actual query for an agent, you'll fill in the specific text for each placeholder you've created. Querier will then generate the customized letter for you!

This image shows how Personalizations work: