How Do You Prepare A Tear Sheet?
In the writing profession the term tear sheet refers to a sample copy of the published work of a writer that is sent to an editor. In the days before technology like personal computers and scanners came into wide spread use a tear sheet was a page literally torn from the page of a publication or a photo copy of the page. Nowadays the modern incarnation of the tear sheet comes in the form of a PDF. Including tear sheets with query letters pitching ideas to editors is an elemental part of the process to securing steady work as a writer. Obtain a copy of the publication in which your written work has been printed and published. Scan and save a copy of the published page containing the example of writing to your computer hard drive or to a disk or removable thumb drive. Use only the first page of the published clip if it runs more than one page. Attach the electronic file to each email query to an editor soliciting work and note that the virtual tear sheet is a recently published sample of
