That Damn Query Letter | LinkedIn

I just posted a sort-of open letter titled That Damn Query Letter | LinkedIn to two of my LinkedIn forums, Screenwriting and Fade In. I haven't used LinkedIn to find a job, which seems to be its main purpose, but I've been accumulating connections and perusing (and occasionally) participating in the forums.

The problem with these forums is that a lot of the time they're filled with people who have such an inflated view of their own skills and knowledge married to (an apparent) self loathing that can only be exorcised by being shitty to everyone except for a select few who genuflect before their missives. Of course, there are times when the help of fellow travelers and those who are (or have been) where you want to go is the greatest help one can find.

If you don't have a LinkedIn account, the following is the text of my post.

After finishing our fifth screenplay my writing partner and I have decided to begin searching for an agent. Our first script (written two years ago) made it to the quarterfinals of the BlueCat competition, and though we didn't win we received some very quotable praise. So my first question is should we drop a couple of the juicer quotes into the letter?

While there are a few decent resources, almost all the query letter writing information I've seen falls into the basic category of structure: polite greeting, story hook, short bio, etc. but none of them says squat about trying to get representation for multiple scripts. Obviously, we could write the logline for each of our scripts, or write five different letters, but if anyone has another suggestion we're all ears.

Finally, none of the information I've seen says anything about submitting a query with multiple writers attached to projects. Again, we can just write two bio paragraphs, but are there are other considerations, such as the fact that if they signed us they'd be getting twice the talent for the same price (put, of course, more politely and professionally). Or is it sufficient to just let it be known that there are two writers?

I've written two award winning plays and my writing partner has independently written, starred-in, edited, directed and produced two films that have done well in the small film festival circuit, including winning a best-of award and an audience choice award. We' re confident (though perhaps delusional) that the writing is there and will continue to improve. What we're not so sure about is this infernal process of gaining representation.

Thanks in advance for your help