A Little Time with the @Twitter #WritingCommunity reveals that an #EnglishComposition Degree would be a Waste; #CollegeDidNotTeach #Querying! @DanKoboldt @CawCarrow @JaneFriedman @WritersRelief #QueryLetters #Query
I discuss it in a forum linked through 'the hyperlinks' below; you can make money at that forum, but first I want to teach you about those words. And I find you understand words better if you see 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum into their Foundation)
The word “Querying (\ #Quried #Queries)” is built on the same foundation as Who? What? (see Quest).
and there are a few more terms that Twitter gets (which the University left out)
Another one is #SFFpit (related to #PitMad) ... understandably not taught at the University, as it originated on Twitter---the SciFi/Fantasy Pitch contest (Dan Koboldt explains the premise).
Looking-up more about 'the query letter,' I stumbled upon
... okay, that's just "a skit"; but it might be exactly what's going through the young writer's head when they're writing a query-letter ... let's see if that's cleared up by How to Write a Query Letter That Gets Manuscript Requests | Jane Friedman or 11 Things Writers Say In Query Letters—But Really Shouldn’t | Writer’s Relief (writersrelief.com)
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