Use the cleaner manuscript alongside your query package, synopsis, and sample pages.
Before querying agents
Run a continuity check before querying agents
Use Wise Wombat before sending requested pages or a full manuscript so avoidable contradictions do not weaken the read.
Timing
Why this moment matters
Querying often creates pressure to polish the opening, but a requested full manuscript needs coherence beyond the first pages.
Checks
Checks to prioritize
Focus on the continuity categories that affect this handoff most.
- Opening promises and later payoffs
- Character motivation and knowledge
- Timeline and scene cause and effect
- Terminology that appears in sample pages and later chapters
Steps
Suggested workflow
A simple sequence for turning continuity findings into useful revision decisions.
01
Check beyond the opening
Run continuity review on the full manuscript, not only the sample pages.
02
Match synopsis and manuscript
Make sure the final plot facts agree with how the story is pitched.
03
Fix confusing evidence
Resolve findings that could make a reader question whether the manuscript is ready.
Boundary
What this is not for
Wise Wombat is a focused diagnostic tool, so it should sit beside the right human or editorial process.
- Writing a query letter
- Judging market fit
- Guaranteeing agent response
Related
Related reading
More detail on this workflow and the checks behind it.