How to Write a Killer Pitch
Writing a book is easy…at least when compared to what we need to do after we finish. We had 50,000 to 100,000 words to write our novel, and now we have to condense that down into a couple of paragraphs for an agent pitch, query letter, Amazon description, or back cover copy.
It feels unfair. Mean really. After all, if we’d wanted to write something short, we would have written a short story.
But it’s not as scary as you might think if you break it down into a formula. If formula sounds too scientific, then think of it as baking cookies and this is your secret recipe to cookies a pitch that will make anyone’s mouth water.
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(This is a guest post I did for Kristen Lamb’s blog on Friday, but I loved it so much that I didn’t want to risk you missing it.)
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May 08, 2013 @ 11:23:28
Thanks for posting this here, too. I kept meaning to get over to her site and read it, but life kept getting in the way. I just wrote a draft of a query, and I’m letting it steep while a friend reads my book. I will want to come back and read this post before I do my re-write. Thanks for the great resource! This really is the harderst part. Except, maybe, for the synopsis. That made me want to throw up! Yuck! (So, if you have good tips on synopsis writing, I would love to see that post!) 🙂
May 08, 2013 @ 11:52:36
This is such a great post, Marcy! One of my friends used it to help her write her pitch for DFWCon. She got a full request. 🙂 You break it down so simply and take all the stress out of writing one. Thank you!