elevator pitch

As promised, today’s post takes a look at how to write an effective pitch for your manuscript. There are many good ways to do this, and many ways to intrigue an editor, agent, or reader, so I do not claim thisway is the only one. It is, however, the one I used–effectively–when pitching my Shinobi mystery series, and the one I teach when working with other writers. Again, to be clear: I do not claim this is the only way to success. It’s simply the one I’m teaching. A winning pitch  – regardless of how it’s written – does one thing: