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Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!
Posting: The first Wednesday of every month is officially Insecure Writer’s Support Group day. Post your thoughts on your own blog. Talk about your doubts and the fears you have conquered. Discuss your struggles and triumphs. Offer a word of encouragement for others who are struggling. Visit others in the group and connect with your fellow writer - aim for a dozen new people each time.
Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!
Our Twitter hashtag is #IWSG
The awesome co-hosts for the February 3 posting of the IWSG will be Allison Gammons, Tamara Narayan, Eva E. Solar, Rachel Pattison, and Ann V. Friend!
Yikes! I sure hope my first pitches are fastball, not a snowball. ;-)
Yikes! I sure hope my first pitches are fastball, not a snowball. ;-)
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I'm doing my first pitches for my WIP on February 20. I'm just a bit shaky. Then again, I've gotten ready by hard work and persistence. It's time to get my WIP out there to sink or swim. To that end, I've been diligently honing my pitch and query. I'm attempting to write an interesting synopsis, too. Double Yikes!
So--
Do you have any suggestions? Any hard-learned lessons to share? Any insight into how to handle the nerves and what to say in the session itself? I'll take anything you might like to add about this new step in my writing journey.
Kathryn Craft's excellent Pitching to Agents: How to Throw a Fiction Fastball has been one of my invaluable my guides.
Speaking of pitches: Check out the 21st Dear Lucky Agent contest from Chuck Sambuchino.
Kathryn Craft's excellent Pitching to Agents: How to Throw a Fiction Fastball has been one of my invaluable my guides.
Speaking of pitches: Check out the 21st Dear Lucky Agent contest from Chuck Sambuchino.
Next Week: More Mini Book Review--Of course! You think I haven't been reading? Perish the thought!
BTW, I didn't mean to highlight the entire post in white. Really, I didn't! I'm a word person, not a tech person. So sue me. ;-)
Wish I had some tips... I've written synopses and queried, but I've never attended a pitch session. I think I'd be so nervous I'd be shaking all over. So if you don't mind, I'll be looking for tips from you! How to stay calm, how to present the story in the best light possible... Good luck!
ReplyDeleteStay calm?!? Deniz, do you really think I will? Though, to be fair, the old "teaching instincts" to take a deep breath and dive in will kick in...I hope.
DeleteI like the white highlighting, I thought it looked smart.
ReplyDeleteAdvice on synopses seems to be everywhere at the moment, it must be the right time of year for it. I have yet to write one in anger, but the main thing I've heard is make sure you include the ending, agents want to know you've got a full story, they aren't after a teaser. (You probably know that already). Good luck!
I do, but doing it live, without reading it is going to be a challenge. Thanks for the good wishes!
DeleteI think I would faint if I had to go face to face with someone in a pitch session. I dropped Speech in college when I found out it meant give one not write one. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the well-wishes!
DeleteYou're ahead of me. The though of doing verbal pitches makes me want to throw up. I guess I should start preparing now for surrey, it just might take me that long to get ready.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Practice, practice! I think my teaching experience helps. I've winged it many a time.
DeleteTo all the writers aiming for a book to find its way into someone's hands: Hit it out of the park!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan!
DeleteGood luck on your pitch contest and for the highlighting? Forgetaboutit--computers are evil little devils sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThanks on both counts, Tamara!
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