Pitch Wars 2016 Success Interview with Mary Keliikoa and her mentors, Kellye Garrett & Sarah Henning

  Our favorite part of hosting pitch contests around here is hearing about successes. Today we celebrate Mary Keliikoa and her Pitch Wars mentors Kellye Garrett and Sarah Henning! Mary recently signed with Michelle Richter of Fuse Literary Agency, and we’re so over-the-moon excited for her. So please join me in congratulating Mary, Kellye, and Read more…

Pitch Wars Team Interviews: Kristin L. Walters with mentors McKelle George and Heather Cashman & Amanda Donegan with mentors Brenda Drake and Heather Cashman

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, Read more…

Pitch Wars Webinars: First Chapter Masterclass

 

Pitch Wars Webinars presents . . .

A First Chapter Masterclass

This webinar provides a simple approach to writing a killer opening so that readers (and agents) are begging you for more! In this two hour masterclass, we will:

  • Create a first chapter blueprint that uses goals, roadblocks, and voice so that you can hook your readers from Page 1
  • Dissect how the world’s best writers are using variations of this blueprint to create wildly different openings so that you can use this blueprint to write a highly original opening no matter what your genre or style
  • Workshop a few lucky participants’ openings live so that you can see exactly how to take a good opening and make it unforgettable

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