before they returned to the big city. A ten-dollar taxi ride dropped them at A2B rental cars where, for a once excellent price, they piled in an ancient Toyota RAV, vertiginous from the number of spins on its ow
When you're writing a book, it's tempting to just dive in. But you'll save yourself time and write a better book if you write a premise before you start.
Genre: ThrillerElevator pitch for the book: When a devastating earthquake—the Big One—hits Los Angeles, two strangers are brought together by an act of violence and must help each other survive the wrecked city.Previous titles by the author: Hugo & Rose (2015, St. Martin’s)...
Developing an elevator pitch can be an invaluable tool in meeting opportunity with preparedness. Here are our elevator pitch writing tips & examples.
To prepare for a workshop I’m giving, I’ve spent hours doing exploratory writing on how to create an elevator speech. On the page, I’ve asked and answered questions like, “What’s an elevator speech supposed to accomplish?,”“What are the best ones I’ve heard?,” and “What ...
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I rewrote the book, for my own satisfaction rather than with any intention of continuing to try to publish it, and moved on to novel number 2. I wouldn’t say I plotted this second novel in advance (fundamentally I am someone who has to write my way into a story) but when it came...
An elevator pitch is a brief overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. The pitch is so called because it can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride (say, thirty seconds). When I was first asked to write an elevator pitch, the first thing that came to my ...
6. (Optional, but still a good idea.) A brief marketing paragraph explaining for whom you have written this book and why this book might appeal to that demographic in a way that no other book currently on the market does. 7. An EXTREMELY brief closing paragraph thanking the agent for con...
When you're writing a book, it's tempting to just dive in. But you'll save yourself time and write a better book if you write a premise before you start.