Writing the Standout Book Proposal
Mini Crash Course with a proven pro, plus feedback session
Live Webinar
Start Date
November 6, 2010 - 4:00pm
End Date
November 13, 2010 - 4:00pm
All times CST. See this time zone chart to determine times in your area.
Instructor: Bonnie Hearn Hill
Description
Frustrated by unresponsive editors and agents who won’t give you the time of day? Why waste time and money in hours of boring lectures? Discover from a published pro how to catch an editor or agent’s attention with an organic book proposal targeted to your topic and your individual strengths.
No more paint-by-number. Intensive, compact course gives you answers at lightning speed. Insider tips and tricks you won’t hear anywhere else from a pro who has written and edited successful proposals for media personalities, medical/business professionals and people who just have a great story to tell. Get straight to the meat of the subject with Bonnie Hearn Hill!
Designed for your busy lifestyle. All online, all interactive! Intensive! Fast-paced, serious insights for serious writers.
Who should take this course:
- Writers who have always dreamed of being published by a traditional publisher and don't want to settle for less.
- Writers with a great idea who want to test the market before writing an entire book.
- Writers who are frustrated by having unsuccessfully queried many publishers.
- Newcomers who need to understand what should be included in a book proposal.
- Published writers who want a better deal and a more committed publisher for the next book
- Writers who want support from someone who has been there, done that!
Course Outline and Schedule
- One-time only webinar lecture, Saturday November 6 at 2 p.m., Pacific/4 p.m. Central time.
- One-time only weinar feedback session, Saturday November 13 2 p.m., Pacific/4 p.m. Central time.
- Can’t attend then? Sign up for future dates. Or tune-in to this session live on your smart phone!
- One-time only weinar feedback session, Saturday November 13 2 p.m., Pacific/4 p.m. Central time.
Lecture outline
The nutshell: Breaking open and examining the core of your book idea
- What makes your topic hot and how to focus on that in the proposal
- One size bores all, and how to avoid the cookie cutter proposal
- The (optional) tease sheet
- The voice-driven proposal
- The growth of promotion plans: The truth about how many pages (plural!) you should devote
- Polishing your gem
- To agent or to publisher? A dollars-and-sense guide
- Sources for submission: which ones work best
Feedback Session
In this half-hour intensive sessions, you'll learn the secrets of a real pro.
Bonnie Hearn Hill doesn't do anything by the book, and neither do her clients and students. A former newspaper editor, she's written and co-authored more than thirty books and edited many more--real publishing contracts with major publishing houses. She came up with her proposal concepts after studying what did and didn't work in her own proposals. You won't find what you will learn here in a book. Instead, you'll be able to interact with a pro whose focus is your book, your strengths, your vision, and your proposal. Interact with a real pro, with real publishing contracts with major houses. She’s a full-time novelist and teacher.
Class structure
You will learn more in this scheduled one -hour lecture and half-hour feedback session than you learn in weeks of other classes. After the lecture, polish your query letter and submit for the feedback session. Bonnie will select several queries from the group to discuss and critique in the feed-back session. And you can ask specific questions about your project. Both sessions are online and interactive with telephone and on-screen support. No e-mail stuff , no static web site classes . These are live phone sessions with computer support.
This class is not currently offered. keep checking back with us.
WE #: BHH-10-001-L