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Archive for the ‘Pitching’ Category

  • Want help selling a book or film?

    13 Apr 2023

    HELP SELLING A BOOK OR FILM No book or film reviews today. This week I’m talking about pitching a book…

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  • Have your say: new blurb for The Breaking of Liam Glass

    30 Jul 2021

    NEW BLURB I’d love to hear your opinion of the new blurb for my noir thriller The Breaking of Liam…

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  • Why most people are crap at persuading

    22 May 2020

    GETTING GOOD AT PERSUADING This message was intended solely for writers and film-makers, until I realised that pitching and persuading…

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  • Do’s and don’ts of submitting to agents

    30 Oct 2019

    SUBMITTING TO AGENTS Crime writer Dominique Hall has written to me for advice on sending a novel to an agent.…

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  • The GOATS method for writing and editing

    10 Aug 2018

    How to write powerful stories using the GOATS method. Great stories possess great power. Whether fiction, movies, TV or theatre,…

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  • What book blurbs really mean

    03 Nov 2017

    When the Man Booker shortlist was announced earlier this year, Andrew Holgate of the Sunday Times noted how the judges…

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  • Historical drama on screen – to write or not to write?

    09 Dec 2016

    Historical drama is big in TV and film at the moment, but is it a good idea to write one?…

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  • How to get what you want – negotiating tricks

    22 Jan 2015

    In case you missed it, there’s an article you really should read on negotiating tricks and how to get what…

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  • Automatic screenplay query letter generator for screenwriters

    02 Feb 2014

    Developed by a secret army of specialist software designers, the automatic screenplay query letter generator guarantees you'll never have to struggle over your screenplay query letter again. Free to use, time and time again.

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  • Two simple ways to add power to your pitching

    10 Sep 2013

    If you want to pitch with power, here are two powerful ingredients that are often forgotten by script gurus although they are used to powerful effect in almost every successful TV drama or cinema film.

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