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Should the query be in the body of the email, or should it be an attachment?

I got this question recently:

“Should the query be in the body of the email, or should it be an attachment? What about the synopsis, should it be included in the body of the text or separately attached?”

You don’t want to send any attachments what-so-ever. Both the query letter and the synopsis or synopses should be pasted right into the body of the email. Each piece is less than one page so even if you include two synopses your email should be well less than 3 pages. If you structure you query letter / synopses properly you’ll have the loglines in the opening of the query letter and if one of the loglines is interesting to the recipient they can scroll down and read the longer synopsis.