Comments on: Beyond the First Draft–Face-to-Face Pitch Sessions http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/ Sat, 26 May 2012 21:44:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Conference Prep & Question Time « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-19090 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:06:27 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-19090 [...] Beyond the First Draft–The Dreaded Synopsis Beyond the First Draft—The Query Letter Beyond the First Draft–Preparing the Perfect Proposal Beyond the First Draft—The Pitch Sheet and One-Sheet Beyond the First Draft–Face-to-Face Pitch Sessions [...]

]]> By: Writing Series Spotlight: Beyond the First Draft and Manuscript 101 « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-15736 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:30:35 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-15736 [...] Beyond the First Draft—Revising, Rewriting, and Submitting (August 2007). See also Critiquing, Manuscript 101 The Down-and-Dirty Guide to Critiquing Beyond the First Draft—Reviewing, Revising, Readjusting Beyond the First Draft–The Four Secrets Beyond the First Draft–Clarity Beyond the First Draft–Starting the Revision Process Beyond the First Draft–One Revision or Multiple Passes? Beyond the First Draft–The Cutting Room Floor Beyond the First Draft–More on Cutting Beyond the First Draft–The Dreaded Synopsis Beyond the First Draft—The Query Letter Beyond the First Draft–Preparing the Perfect Proposal Beyond the First Draft—The Pitch Sheet and One-Sheet Beyond the First Draft–Face-to-Face Pitch Sessions [...]

]]> By: Conference Prep–A Quick Review Part 1 « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-9601 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:46:41 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-9601 [...] Beyond the First Draft–Face-to-Face Pitch Sessions—Not only do I detail what I take with me into a pitch session, but there’s a link to Gina Conroy’s wonderful article on pitch sessions. [...]

]]> By: Donna http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3771 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:56:36 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3771 I pitched a book in March at the SCBWI Conference. Most of us didn’t get the coveted crit spots so we had to pitch in a moment’s notice when the editors where in between several other writers all doing the same thing. (NEVER EVER speak to an editor hurrying to the bathroom or inside one! Don’t ask me how I know this.)

I wrote a quick paragraph of summary and memorized it. When I got the chance to speak to the editor from Random House, I tried to breath and not pass out while I asked if she thought I had a good idea. She did and encouraged me to submit it. (We all got free passes to closed houses to submit.)

The good news is that an editor at Random House read my ms. The bad news is that while she liked the setting and character, she didn’t think it was right for them.

It was a good experience anyway and editors are only human. (I sometimes wonder.) Two of them even waved at me as they left the conference. Hope you have a great experience too.

]]> By: Amy Jane http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3770 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:23:43 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3770 *Sigh*

I know what you mean about pitching a book that’s not all the way already written, and I haven’t even had my face-to-face yet.

In October I’ll be sitting with an editor to get a “consult” on the first 10 pages of my WIP, and my confident/self-flagellating sides are already at work imagining her response complete with, “can I see the full” and my stuttered er, um, it’s-not-done.

It goes on (I have these horribly detailed conversations in my head) “Could I see it in 3 months?” With 3 kids under 5? Nope. Won’t be done.

Anyway. Like you said (*repeating to self*): I have nothing to lose, I have nothing to lose…

]]> By: Erica Vetsch http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3765 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:35:16 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3765 My best/worst/ and only pitch experience came at the 2005 Florida Christian Writer’s conference. The bad thing: I was sick as a dog! I was running a temp and had a bad cough that I tried to suppress the entire time.

The good news: The agent asked for a full anyway! She liked the story, liked the characters, said it was just what her house published.

The worst news: She no longer worked at that house after that conference, so nothing came of the novel.

This year…I’m nervous, excited, and NERVOUS about pitching.

]]> By: Portrait of a Writer…Interrupted » Editor & Agent Appointments http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3763 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:18:17 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3763 [...] more great tips visit Kaye Dacus’s blog. Categories: Conference Confidence |August 27th, 2007 [...]

]]> By: Gina Conroy http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3762 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:16:06 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3762 Great tips and thanks for linking to me!

One thing you’ve made me realize is I haven’t started planning for Wed. and Fri. dinner! Last time on Wed. there was a group of people gathered into the lobby and we just piled into cars. Friday night was the hardest. I ate at the hotel, but would have preferred to have gone out, yet all my friends were meeting with their publishing houses or agents for dinner!

Guess I’m in the same boat this year!

]]> By: Georgiana D http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3761 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:03:21 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/08/29/beyond-the-first-draft-face-to-face-pitch-sessions/#comment-3761 Ooo, I’m nervous just thinking about it. I KNOW they’re just people, in theory, but they’re not JUST people. LOL! Even reading this post is giving me a shot of performance anxiety.

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