| High Concept Workshop
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 off editors and agents alike.
This workshop is designed to provide you with the tools you’ll 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. With the RWA conference coming up fast, 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 insiders
Lori's High Concept class is $75 and will be held in 2008 during the following months:
January 4 - January 29
May 2 - May 30
Critique Workshop
An additional class will be offered and will be a critique class. No lectures, only class discussions and critiques of students' manuscripts in progress.
Lori's Critique class is $75 and is limited to only 10 students. It will be held in 2008 during the following months:
February 1- February 29
June 2 - June 30
October 1 - October 31
Both classes will be conducted via Google Groups. To sign-up for either class please make payment through the below PayPal button and be sure to include the class you wish to take along with the date and also your email. Once Lori has received your payment you will then be added to the group for the scheduled class you signed up for.
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| In addition to the classes offered above Lori also teaches Romance Writing Secrets via the Internet through colleges and universities worldwide. To find a college or university near you, go to Education To Go's website at www.ed2go.com or click here. |
Bio:
Lori Wilde has written forty-two novels for three major New York Publishing houses. She holds a bachelors degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and a certificate in forensics. She volunteers as a sexual assault first responder for Freedom House, a shelter for battered women.
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, The Golden Quill, the Lories, and The More than Magic. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and excerpted in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Complete Woman, and Quick and Simple magazines. She lives in Texas with her husband, Bill.
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