What is a query batch strategy?
- A batch is 8-10 agents queried at roughly the same time.
- Batching preserves agents to test a revised query if needed.
- The request rate from one batch informs the next.
- Sending to your whole list at once wastes it if the query is weak.
- Mix dream agents and strong-fit agents across batches.
A query batch strategy means sending to 8-10 well-matched agents at a time rather than your entire list at once. After each batch you read the response rate: strong requests mean keep going, few or none means pause and revise before the next batch. Batching protects your finite agent list — if the query needs work, you learn it on ten agents, not eighty — and it gives you a feedback loop instead of a single all-or-nothing send.
Chapter i·Why it matters
You can only query each agent once per book, so the list is a non-renewable resource. Firing it all off at once means that if the query is weak, every agent sees the weak version and you have nothing left to test a fix on. Batching turns querying into an experiment with feedback: each round of 8-10 tells you whether the materials work, so you can adjust while you still have agents to send to.
Chapter ii·What to include
- Batches of about 8-10 agents at a time.
- A mix of dream-fit and strong-fit agents per batch.
- A pause after each batch to read the request rate.
- A revision step only if the pattern calls for one.
- A tracker showing which batch each query belongs to.
- Reserved agents kept for after any query revision.
Chapter iii·Example
A writer with a list of 60 agents sends her first batch of nine, mixing two dream agents with seven strong fits. She gets two page requests — a healthy rate — so she sends batch two without changes. Had batch one drawn zero requests, she would have stopped at nine, revised her hook, and protected the other 51 agents for the improved letter.
Chapter iv·Related questions
WriteLoom's Pitch tracker groups your queries into batches and shows each batch's request rate, so you know when to send the next one.
Batch your queries