Pitch Perfect:  Getting to the Heart of your Romance Novel
1-30 June 2008 
$30

INSTRUCTOR: Janet Wellington

CLASS DESCRIPTION: You might be the most talented writer on the planet, but if you can’t describe your story in an exciting but succinct way, you’re in trouble.

Everyone needs to learn how to pitch, to be able to present our story ideas within query letters, synopses, and during frightening agent and editor appointments at writing conferences!

• Can you use a 3-word phrase to describe your story?  How about a short sentence?
• Can you capture the essence of your tale in 25 words or less?
• When your listener wants to know more about your story, do you know what to say and, more importantly, what not to say?
• Do you know the biggest benefit of having an agent or editor appointment at a national or regional writing conference?

If you are struggling with trying to whittle down a story summary designed for a query letter and/or a pitch to an agent or editor, take this workshop!

INSTRUCTOR BIO:  Janet Wellington is an award-winning author, writing teacher, line-editor, and writing coach.  Her most recent books are large print reissues of SWEET ON YOU and BACHELOR FOR SALE (both are short contemporaries); also available currently is DREAMQUEST (a time travel historical with paranormal elements).  

Janet started learning the art of pitching stories in 1995 when she attended her first Romance Writers of America national conference, and hasn’t stopped since!  She has presented workshops on the art of pitching both regionally and nationally, and teaches privately as well as through the online school: Long Story Short School of Writing.

In addition to her own writing, Janet also enjoys assisting other writers in critiquing and line-editing their unpublished manuscripts, and she also does some one-on-one coaching of other writers through her business "Wellington Word."  More information about Janet’s writing and interests can be found at her website: www.janetwellington.com .

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