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diff --git a/pitching-advice.txt b/pitching-advice.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1fc5dd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/pitching-advice.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +650 - 800 word pitches + +have scenes in mind + or at least the possibility of scenes + +keep pitches tight with simple narrative + +what's the conceptual scoop? What's the thinky bit? You want to have some element of depth, some other layer to get to. + +is it a WIRED story? what makes it a wired story? Or whatever your publisher is + +how do you fake a scene? set up a fake scene. start close to a detail and pull out, why is what you're watching important. You're dollying past it. + +You may have to go back and say, hey, what happened that day? Who said that? how did you feel? That must have been really weird? |