MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Sell Your Story: The Art of the Pitch - Online Class
When:
September 27,2022 –
September 27,2022
all-day
Where:
Online
Virtual
Virtual
Are you looking to have your story published, but you're not sure where to start? Nevin Martell is offering an online class to teach you the tools you need to craft a winning pitch that will get your editors excited and your story sold. This three-class series will offer techniques, tips, and tricks necessary for success, such as the best places to pitch or how to track down the right person to contact. Finesse your ability to write an interest-piquing hook, negotiate your fee, and how to prepare a contract, as well as how to best maintain your rights as an author. Each participant will receive two rounds of feedback on a pitch for a single story. Required reading for the class is So You Want To Be A Writer: How to get started (while you still have a day job), by Allison Tait and Valerie Khoo, and can be purchased for $15.95 from Politics and Prose. Nevin is a DC-area based food and travel writer, parenting essayist, and phtographer who has been published by The Washington Post, USA Today, Saveur, Men's Journal, National Geographic, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, Runner's World, D.C. st, Washington City Paper, and many others. Tickets are available for all three classes for $185 per person, or $166 for Politics and Prose Members; purchase tickets here. Online classes will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on October 4th, 11th, and 18th.
