After reviewing hundreds of query letters at a top literary agency, I learned exactly what leads to a full request — and what gets a quick rejection. Here are the 5 keys every successful query letter
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—Views / houraverage velocity since it published
—Peak velocitythe hottest sustained views/hr it ever hit
—vs. their normalpace relative to this creator's own baseline
—Engagementlikes per view — real engagement is hard to fake
—Agehow early Slope caught this surge