The Algonkian and NY Conference Pitch Model

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THE NEW YORK PITCH CONFERENCE

                                                                        Workshop the Novel, Pitch the House

 

 

Dear Writer,

 

Before you can sell a viable commercial novel to a publishing house, you must work towards the goal of writing a viable commercial novel while simultaneously learning how to artfully pitch it. You will have a minute to deliver the actual pitch, and if you think this is not enough time, think again. It is more than enough. The idea is to communicate clearly and hook your listener. Your pitch must include a SCENE SET (as necessary), a focus on your PROTAGONIST (tell it through their point of view), sufficient PLOT TENSION deriving from a PLOT POINT (an event/circumstance/action that significantly changes the course of the story), and finally, a wrap with a CLIFFHANGER.

 

So what's a cliffhanger? Regardless the genre, literary or thriller or SF, the cliffhanger begs the ultimate question, and it’s always the same in one way or another: WILL BECKY SAVE THE FARM AND LIVE TO TELL THE STORY? Once done, you want the conference editor or agent to ask for more.

 

Please review the following guidance at Novel Writing on Edge where you’ll find two pitch models and further elaboration:

 

https://www.novelwritingonedge.com/2013/11/algonkian-writers-conference-first-prep.html

 

 

Best,

 

Editors and Staff

New York Pitch Conference

https://newyorkpitchconference.com