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The Creative Art of Pitching Stories

Offered By: Skillshare

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Creative Writing Courses

Course Description

Overview

This course explores how to approach pitching stories to editors from a creative perspective in order to maximize the number of pitches writers places with publications. Students will examine how the roles of the writer, the editor, and the content of the pitches themselves come together in the most confident, and well-targeted pitches.


Syllabus

  • Introducing Alana Massey
  • Creating a Pitching Plan
  • The Writer You Are
  • Finding the Right Editors
  • Tailoring Your Pitches
  • Editing A Pitch in Real Time
  • Recognizing Success As A Writer

Taught by

Alana Massey

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