THE PITCH

-A pitch is an overview of a project that you put to / send to an agent in hopes that they will be intrigued enough to ask for the whole manuscript.

-An elevator pitch is exactly the same but done in person with a very short time limit – hence the elevator (you only have a one stop gap to talk).

Let’s take a deeper look at the word PITCH and what necessities are needed.

• Fast
• Direct to the point
• Show the whole story
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• O.V (point of view the story’s written from)
• Your name

• An intro of something like;
• Good morning, (smile)
• I’m ______ and I’ve written a (genre) book I would like to pitch to you.
• This way, at least if they don’t have time, they will still have your name and genre. (don’t forget to leave a calling/business card with your details on)
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• As for condensing the story, try this;

• P – plan – a rough outline of you project
• I – imagination – spur their imagination
• T – time – what era is it set in and what’s it like?
• C – Cone – you have to lead them to the centre of your story fast so think of a cone and start with the big picture but bring it to the heart fast.
• H – heart – you need heart! Faith in your self and a little confidence go a long way. Never give up!

Well, I hope this has helped everyone.

Hearts and kisses

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