Registered to Attend a Writers' Workshop / myLot

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Pikeville, North Carolina

February 17, 2024 1:11pm CST

I have registered to attend a Writers' Workshop in March. As part of the workshop, I signed up to have two ten-minute pitches with two agents. Now, I need to have something to pitch. I have decided on A Princess for Buzby Beach. Part of doing that is coming up with the pitch. I've been working on that. It also means having a manuscript ready to go. I have three weeks to work on that. The manuscript is on its third or fourth draft. It has been read by beta readers. Their notes have been used, where appropriate, to make changes. It has been edited. Now, I am going through it one more time before the Workshop. I have three weeks to prepare. I hope it will be long enough.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36452)

• Toccoa, Georgia

17 Feb

Good luck with the whole event.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

17 Feb

Thank you. This will be my first opportunity to practice my pitch with agents in person.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86776)

• United States

17 Feb

You are such a great write..its good to keep up with workshops.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Feb

Thank you. I enjoy taking part in workshops and conferences when I can.

Judy Story

@jstory07 (134483)

• Roseburg, Oregon

17 Feb

Good Luck I hope it all works out for you.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325853)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Feb

How exciting. The best of luck with this and I'm sure you'll learn a lot whatever the outcome.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Feb

It is for the learning experience that I'm going. I don't expect to get a standard rich and famous contract my first time out.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325853)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Feb

@DWDavis But everyone has to start somewhere and I'm sure you'll learn a lot from it all.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (74594)

• East Tawas, Michigan

17 Feb

This sounds like a very nice opportunity for you! Not only to share your skills with other, but to learn about improvement you can make, also. I am an amateur writing, but have never gone anywhere with writing. Text Broker was pretty much all that I've done, but that's gone at this time.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

17 Feb

I am hoping to learn about querying. I want to find representation for my new novel and get it published the traditional way.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (74594)

• East Tawas, Michigan

17 Feb

@DWDavis The way they publish novels online, the writer gets royally cheated! The traditional way, cost a more money but in the long-run, the writer gets 100% credit for all the hard work they've put into a book.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156395)

• United States

18 Feb

Good luck. I wish I could pitch my children's book! Have a great day.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Feb

They sometimes have online workshops where you can pitch via Zoom.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156395)

• United States

19 Feb

@DWDavis Thanks for the tip.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85546)

• United States

18 Feb

That is pretty exciting. I look forward to hearing how it goes. I’ll cross my fingers along with the others!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Feb

Thank you.

snowy

@snowy22315 (170047)

• United States

18 Feb

It will be interesting to see the reaction of the professionals. IT sounds like a potentially great benefit of that workshop. I wish you luck.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Feb

I think I will need luck. This will be like nothing I've done before.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (57752)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

17 Feb

Just be sure to pace yourself. Three weeks is a lot longer than you think. Take a deep breth, trust yourself, and take your time. You're your own worst critic. You're more likely to be the hardest on yourself.

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