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Are you ready to pitch?

Published on August 10, 2015August 6, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell2 Comments

WOMEN’S FICTION PITCH SESSION

Hosted by the Women’s Fiction Writers Association

Do you have a manuscript, but don’t know what to do next?

Spit shine your story pitch until it gleams and then head over to WFWA’s Pitch Session.

Wednesday, September 9th, when for a full 24 hours 12:00 am–11.59 Pacific you can put your story out there. (That’s a 3:00 am start time for all you East Coasters, but don’t lose sleep over it. You’ll have all day Wednesday to send in your pitch.)

There’s no registration required and no fee!

WFWA members can pitch their women’s fiction by posting the title, total word count, sub-genre (for example, upmarket women’s fiction or women’s fiction with magical realism), a 50-word pitch and the first 250 words of the manuscript. There’s only one entry per member.

Participating agents will review the posts and respond to those they would like to see more of.

Go to the WFWA’s website for more information and a list of agents. It’s quite impressive.

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Want to tell a great story?

Published on August 7, 2015August 6, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell

Check out Chuck Wendig’s latest post.

100 RANDOM STORYTELLING THOUGHTS AND TIPS, STARTING NOW

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Become a better story teller.

How many hours to finish?

Published on August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell2 Comments

And I thought National Novel Writing Month – or NaNoWriMo was hard.

This endeavor makes me seem like an all time slacker.

On August 8, 2015 a group of people will write a book.

Want to write a book? You can if you’ve got 75 minutes spare

Not sure what the book will look like, but this article made me think.

What if I could write a chapter in 75 minutes?

Just how long would it take me to finish my manuscript?

Based on the premise of author Chris Farnell, I’d multiply the number of chapters by 75 minutes.

30 chapters X 75 minutes = 2250 min

2250 min = 37.5 hours

Okay, a writer needs time to eat and sleep so we couldn’t write around the clock. Besides, I’d need a back brace and something to get rid of finger cramps.

Based on this theory, writing an average of 4 hours a day, a rough draft could be completed in less than two weeks. So now I’m thinking this November, NaNoWriMo project is not so crazy after all. Except for the holidays putting a kink in those plans.

But, I’m gonna give my writing process some serious thought.

For more information on this project, head over to “NaNoSessionMo”.

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Do you want to write with more clarity?

Published on August 5, 2015August 4, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell4 Comments

Are you caught in the pronoun trap?

Sometimes I find myself leaning on it, they and you like a three-sided walker. And don’t get me started on the multitude of pronouns at my disposal.

Check out the awesome articles published at SouthWest Writers by Dodici Azpadu, MFA, PhD a novelist, short story writer, and poet explain.

Don’t leave readers confused and confounded as if they are watching an Abbott & Costello routine. Head over to SouthWest Writers and read how to write with clarity.

GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT: PRONOUN CONSISTENCY by Dodici Azpadu

GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT: THE SECRET LIFE OF PRONOUNS by Dodici Azpadu

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