Chuck Sambuchino

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the Guide to Literary Agents Blog, with this installment featuring Jared Brock, author of the memoir A YEAR OF LIVING PRAYERFULLY. These columns are great ways for you to learn how to find a literary agent. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings.

By Aine Greaney

Are you working on a nonfiction writing or fiction writing project that needs the mirror test just to see if it’s still breathing? If so, take a break from completing fiction projects. Hit the “Save” button; file it under “manuscript drafts.” Then check out these three prescriptions to help resurrect a stalled project. Which one does your book need? Take the time to diagnose it now, and you’ll be primed to take a healthy manuscript into its next phase: completion.