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Writing Novels and Query Letters: write fiction that sells, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.7, with 18 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 62 reviews, and has 493 subscribers.

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You will learn about Craft a high-concept plot Write a two-sentence hook Write a two-paragraph hook This course is ideal for individuals who are If you are in my plot course, much of this info overlaps. Please be aware that the section on short hooks is repeated in its entirety in the plot course. or You will benefit from this course if you're getting rejections that say, "This doesn't fresh." Or, "This feels like it's been done before." or If you have an agent but haven't had any contract offers, this class will probably help you. or If you are a master plotter and agents and editors are asking for full manuscripts so you know your hook and pitch are working, then this class isn't for you. It is particularly useful for If you are in my plot course, much of this info overlaps. Please be aware that the section on short hooks is repeated in its entirety in the plot course. or You will benefit from this course if you're getting rejections that say, "This doesn't fresh." Or, "This feels like it's been done before." or If you have an agent but haven't had any contract offers, this class will probably help you. or If you are a master plotter and agents and editors are asking for full manuscripts so you know your hook and pitch are working, then this class isn't for you.

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Summary

Title: Writing Novels and Query Letters: write fiction that sells

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.7

Number of Lectures: 18

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 18

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 19

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 19

Number of Practice Tests: 1

Number of Published Practice Tests: 1

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

  • Craft a high-concept plot
  • Write a two-sentence hook
  • Write a two-paragraph hook

Who Should Attend

  • If you are in my plot course, much of this info overlaps. Please be aware that the section on short hooks is repeated in its entirety in the plot course.
  • You will benefit from this course if you're getting rejections that say, "This doesn't fresh." Or, "This feels like it's been done before."
  • If you have an agent but haven't had any contract offers, this class will probably help you.
  • If you are a master plotter and agents and editors are asking for full manuscripts so you know your hook and pitch are working, then this class isn't for you.

Target Audiences

  • If you are in my plot course, much of this info overlaps. Please be aware that the section on short hooks is repeated in its entirety in the plot course.
  • You will benefit from this course if you're getting rejections that say, "This doesn't fresh." Or, "This feels like it's been done before."
  • If you have an agent but haven't had any contract offers, this class will probably help you.
  • If you are a master plotter and agents and editors are asking for full manuscripts so you know your hook and pitch are working, then this class isn't for you.

HIGH CONCEPT

If you want to snag an agent you will be miles ahead of others if you will write a great query letter for a high concept novel. In this course we will brainstorm high concepts and we will take the mystery out of writing query letters. This will help you understand what a high concept novel is and why agents and publishers are looking for them. And then it will help you to brainstorm your own high concept ideas.

It will force you to stretch until you’ve made your humdrum concept into a high-flying concept that will grab attention from the pitch. This is not a course on plotting. It is a course on pitching. It is a course that will help you with the premise of you book, not the plot. It comes before the plotting. You have to come up with a salable premise first and a killer hook. If you don’t have those it doesn’t matter how great your plot is–you’ll have a hard time selling your book in today’s busy, noisy, crowded marketplace.

Think of it like this: The marketplace is full of a vendors, all standing in the booths. They all have flapping white canvas over their tables and  they all have grey boxes full of their wares. In those boxes are some lovely treasure. But which booth do you approach? You can’t see the treasures–they all are kind of hidden away in their grey boxes.

But there in the middle of all the white, flapping canvas, there is  one table under a bright yellow canvas covering. The table is covered in vibrant purple cloth and the boxes that  hold the wares are lime green and  orange and shiny red.

The treasures in the boxes may not be better than the treasures in the grey boxes on the other  tables. But which table do you go to first? And which treasures do you pick up? And which treasures do you buy?

This is why you need a high concept plot that can be pitched with pizzazz. Because the marketplace is full of grey tables and white flapping canvas.

QUERY LETTERS

It does little good to write high concept books if you can’t write an effective query letter.In this course you will learn to write query letters that will make the agents ask to read the manuscript. The main thing? You don’t need to try so hard. You don’t need to put the whole book into the query letter. Just a short summary. Just enough to make the agent want more.

We look at short hooks in this course, too--this section is repeated from my plot course.We look at them here because they are needed for the query letters.

In short, this course tells you all you need to write a great query letter: you need a high concept novel, a short pitch for that novel, the ability to be friendly without being stalker-ish, and to come across as healthy and happy and a person agents would enjoy working with.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Why You Need This Course

Lecture 2: Welcome to the Course!

Lecture 3: How to Contact Me

Chapter 2: What is a High Concept Plot and How Can You Plan One?

Lecture 1: Familiar

Lecture 2: The Familiar ~ Homework

Lecture 3: Fresh

Lecture 4: The Fresh ~ Homework

Lecture 5: Universal Appeal

Chapter 3: Short Hook

Lecture 1: The Hook

Lecture 2: Character (aka: the damsel)

Lecture 3: Desire Plus Obstacle (aka: in distress)

Lecture 4: Your Turn: What does your character want?

Lecture 5: Stakes: when the clock strikes midnight or the last petal falls

Lecture 6: Defining Terms

Lecture 7: Your turn: Write a two-sentence summary for your novel

Chapter 4: The Query Letter

Lecture 1: why you need it part one

Lecture 2: why you need it part two

Chapter 5: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture: Coupons for courses and warm woolen mittens

Instructors

  • Sally Apokedak
    Sally Apokedak
    Literary agent, editor, and writing conference faculty

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  • 1 stars: 1 votes
  • 2 stars: 1 votes
  • 3 stars: 5 votes
  • 4 stars: 12 votes
  • 5 stars: 43 votes

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