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1. Preparing To Pitch

By: Kathy Temean, on 10/20/2010
Blog: Writing and Illustrating (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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The 11 Questions to Answer Before Working On Your Pitch

1. What’s the genre of your book?

2. What’s the hook, or what’s most unique or special about your book?

3. Who is the protagonist and what’s the most interesting thing about him or her?

4. Who is the antagonist and how is he/she standing in the way of the protagonist’s goal?

5. What conflict, dilemma or choice does the protagonist face? (Central story question.)

6. What is at stake? What are the consequences of the choice or conflict?

7. What is the catalyst, or the main event that gets the story started?

8. What are the main points of action that drive the plot?

9. What is the setting of the story?

10. What is the interesting backstory that affects your characters in the current story?

11. What is the book’s theme?

Think television commerical; you don’t want the editor or agent to want to sneak out to the refrigerator while you are pitching, so work on delivering an entertaining or interesting commerical for you book. It will even help you with the book trailer down the road.

Talk tomorrow,

Kathy