Pitch Contest - Final thoughts

This was a tough excercise but I compliment those of you that tried this.

The biggest thing that makes this tough is determining what is really important and what isn't. Again, just as a reminder, you have a short amount of time and space to get the point across. Waste it on pointless facts or just re-telling the story does nothing to convince me the story is great.

I guess I also want to say that this is a reason why you really need to sit down BEFORE you start your story and figure out what makes it really unique. For some of you writers out there, you finish a story and then try to figure out what makes it special. Too often, there isn't anything and you just can't fix it after the fact.

Keep workingon this skill everyone. Will it sell your story? Nope. But it does increase your chance that we will want to read more of your story and not just pass on it with a simple, "seen it done it" response.

Off to California for the Silicon Valley RWA Conference. Will write more next week.

Oh, and don't forget to check out the Brenda Novak Auction begining May 1.

Scott