The irony of all this effort is the agent round comes down to the first 250 words only - the agents they've got lined up look at your (one page) query letter and the first 250 words only. They can ask for more, but you need to sell it to them in those first 250. Luckily everyone agrees I have a killer first line.

The hopeful result is one or more agents being convinced by what they see to ask to see more.