When an agent asks for the first three chapters, do you include the prologue and then chapters one-three or do you include the prologue and chapters one-two?
When an agent asks for the first three chapters, do you include the prologue and then chapters one-three or do you include the prologue and chapters one-two?
Oh right, 50 rather than 30. Anyone else want to bid?! Lol.
But this depends a lot on the length of your chapters. I seem to remember someone telling me once that 30 pages was a good marker. If your prologue and first three chapters fall under thirty pages, send all, but if you well exceed thirty pages, only send the prologue plus two chapters, or possibly only one if your chapters are huge.
If the Prologue was only a page or two, I'd send that plus 3.
If it's chapter length I'd send that plus two.