May 2007: Lori Wilde - Got High Concept? The key to dynamic fiction that sells!
MAY 2007:
Instructor: Lori WildeGOT HIGH CONCEPT? THE KEY TO DYNAMIC FICTION THAT SELLS!
Course Description: Do you want to razzle-dazzle editors? Earn a bigger advance? Create media buzz for your book? Inspire Hollywood to come knocking? The way to achieve these goals is to come up with a dynamic high concept pitch that will knock the socks of editors and agents alike.
This workshop is designed to provide you with the tools youâ?Tll need to mold your story idea into an intriguing one sentence pitch that can magically unlock closed doors. It's simply the most effective way to capture a publisher's interest. This is the perfect opportunity for you to learn how to craft a high> concept pitch to sell your book.
This workshop will cover the following topics:
1. A step-by-step method for creating a high concept.
2. First aid for low concept books
3. Ways to make a high concept even better
4. Where to find high concept ideas
5. How to think like a high concept writer
6. Creativity and brainstorming exercises
7. Hints and tips from top industry insidersBio: Lori Wilde has written thirty-nine novels for three major New York Publishing houses. She holds a bachelors degree in nursing from Texas Christian University, but ten years ago she was able to hang up her stethoscope and write full time.
Recently, she received a two book contract from Warner books based solely on a 25 word "high concept" pitch. When the sale "along with the pitch"was announced on Publisher's Marketplace, she was approached by eight film production companies "including Paramount and Warner Brothers" interested in optioning her completed novel for a movie. She is an instructor for a company who provides online community education to over 1500 colleges and universities.
Lori is a past RITA finalist and has four times been nominated for Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award. She's won the Colorado Award of Excellence, the Wisconsin Write Touch Award and The BestBooks of 2006 Book Award in the romance fiction category for her novel YOU ONLY LOVE TWICE. She's finalled repeatedly in contests including the Holt, NRCA, Golden Quill, Texas Gold, Laurel Wreath, Lone Star and many more. Her books have been excerpted in Cosmopolitan, Redbook and Quick and Simple magazines. She lives in Texas with her husband, Bill.
Some of Lori's titles include:
THERE GOES THE BRIDE 3/07 Warner Books
REAL MEN DO IT BETTER 02/07 Anthology with St. Martin's Press
SOME LIKE IT HOT 11/06 Harlequin Special Release
DESTINYâ?TS HAND 06/06 Harlequin Blaze
YOU ONLY LOVE TWICE 03/06 Warner Books
ANGELS AND OUTLAWS 01/06 Harlequin BlazeWhen: Starting May 1, 2007 (three week class)
Cost: Members $15.00 / Non-members $25.00
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Deadline for registration: April 30, 2007* * *
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