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  • Creating a Winning Pitch:The Writer’s Elevator Speech

    February 24, 2009

    • Imagine yourself riding in the elevator at a hotel where you are attending a writer's conference. The door opens and in steps the one agent you really, really think would serve as the perfect literary representative for you and your book. You open your mouth, introduce yourself and begin to speak.What do you say? Do you tell the agent what your book is about in 25 word or less? Do you spit out ...