This morning, I attended a writing workshop given by Joanna Fulford concerned with writing that essential first chapter and the pitch. Joanna writes for the Harlequin Historical Romance series for Mills and Boon so the the workshop was mainly geared towards writers wanting to write for Mills and Boon. And, with 7m worth of sales a year, that's a goal not to be sneered at!
Having said that, what she had to say could definitely be applied to writing in whichever genre or publisher one is aiming for. I found writing the proposed pitch for an idea I'd only just come up very challenging and, having to write in just 100 words, definitely concentrated the mind!
Sounds like it was well worth going, Anne. The mind needs a challenge now and again!
ReplyDeleteMarilyn, I don't know if you remember but we sat behind Joanna once at the Conference and I think I mentioned that I'd been to one of her workshops previously.
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