Just finished another read-through of the first part of my WIP, working on solidifying some of my characterization of my MC.
In between chapters, I've been trying to work on my query letter, which is quickly becoming the bane of my existence. So far it looks like:
Paragraph 1: One 40-word sentence introducing the MC
Paragraph 2: One 20-word and one more 40-word sentence describing the main conflict (which no matter how I slice it up seems to be three conflicts rolled into one)
Paragraph 3: One 20-word sentence describing the format, title, word count, genre, etc.
...I'm sooo not happy with it. I have some pretty major twists that come about 1/2 and 3/4 of the way into the novel, and I'm not sure how to allude to them without being way too vague, or giving away the surprise. Aside from the surface conflict, the MC is also going through some internal conflict of her own, and I'm struggling with how to sum that up without sounding cliche about her "discovering her place in the world" or "finding where she belongs."
Looks like it's time to take a break before my head explodes