Reading, Writing, Ranting and Raving

Writing

I have a new motivational partner —  and personally, I think we all need one of those, whether you’re a writer or not, don’t you? Anyway, because she’s a generous soul, Wendy noticed an opportunity for me to pitch my non-fiction book proposal for Keeping A Breast (or as I frequently refer to it — KAB), and emailed to tell me about it.

It seems on the Savvy Authors website, they frequently host events where writers can pitch to some great editors and agents.

The catch? Most of these events require three line pitches.

Sum up your book in just three sentences? Hey, no pressure or anything *grin*, but it can be done.

In fact, I’ve found the exercise of developing such a pitch to be a great method of distilling what my book is about. And that effort helps keep it clear in my mind as I write as well.

What do you think? Can you do it? These are great opportunities to reach some top-drawer editors and agents that you might otherwise never meet without traveling to a major conference like RT or RWA national.

www.savvyauthors.com if you’re interested. They also offer some excellent online workshops, so check it out.

Try the three line pitch on your work in progress, and if you come up with something that you think works, leave a comment. If you do, I’ll share my three line pitch for KAB as it stands at present.