Perfect Pitch: Crafting the Copy to Complete Your Writing Dream with Jenny Milchman (via Zoom)
What’s the first thing you need when you finish writing a book? It’s those words of pure gold that appear on the interior of a hardcover, back cover of a paperback, or description of an e-book. Flap copy must be perfectly engineered to tantalize readers—and thus sell your book. But it’s also one of the most challenging pieces of text to create, condensing tens of thousands of words into a few hundred that make clear what your book is about while being entertaining all by themselves. Think of the pitch as the literary equivalent of a movie trailer!
A great pitch will help you in many ways. When you’re revising your book, the pitch can point to plot holes and other gaps, allow you to assess flow, and generate intriguing character descriptions. The pitch is a key part of a query or cover letter if you seek an agent or approach small presses on your own. And it’s a selling machine if you decide to self-publish. Think of the pitch as the multitool of your writing career.
In this fun, interactive workshop, you will learn the mechanics behind this supercharged element of writing, techniques and strategies for creating your own, and how to put it to work for you as you build your writing career.
By the time we complete our work together, you’ll understand why a perfect pitch is one of the first steps toward making your writing dream come true!
Jenny Milchman is the Mary Higgins Clark award winning and USA Today bestselling author of six novels. Her work has been praised by the New York Times, New York Journal of Books, San Francisco Journal of Books and more; earned spots on Best Of lists including PureWow, POPSUGAR, the Strand, Suspense, and Big Thrill magazines; and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist and Shelf Awareness. Four of her novels have been Indie Next Picks. Jenny’s short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies as well as Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and a recent piece on book-touring appeared in the Agatha award winning collection Promophobia. Jenny’s latest novel is topping Amazon charts. THE USUAL SILENCE features Arles Shepherd, a psychologist who has the power to save the most troubled and vulnerable children, but must battle demons of her own to do it. Jenny is a member of the Rogue Women Writers and lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.