tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post3815325661903474029..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: The Elevator PitchDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-87269210817697748592012-01-05T16:48:59.198+00:002012-01-05T16:48:59.198+00:00An elevator with Simon Trewin... Now that would be...An elevator with Simon Trewin... Now that would be niceFionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-6453942827589132642012-01-05T10:55:14.279+00:002012-01-05T10:55:14.279+00:00Love your pitch, Derek. Hope you find yourself in...Love your pitch, Derek. Hope you find yourself in an elevator with Simon Trewin very soon!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-59070014129658853252012-01-05T10:17:01.819+00:002012-01-05T10:17:01.819+00:00You've reminded me that my 'coming of age&...You've reminded me that my 'coming of age' transatlantic tragic comedy, Scars & Stripes, could be pitched as a warped Goldilocks and the Three Women.<br /><br />One is too hot, one is too cold, and one is just...wrong!DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-50867036384138271832012-01-04T05:34:42.165+00:002012-01-04T05:34:42.165+00:00Certainly, you are right. Thanks Helen for pointi...Certainly, you are right. Thanks Helen for pointing our on mind Character. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cvtemplate.org/" rel="nofollow">Cv Template</a>Ruby Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710522322446393469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-34575652179819795842012-01-03T17:22:05.816+00:002012-01-03T17:22:05.816+00:00Sounds like a neat trick. Will be mulling this ov...Sounds like a neat trick. Will be mulling this over later. Food for thought, Fi, thanks xDebs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837598374947020855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-71937979716120590312012-01-03T13:13:21.653+00:002012-01-03T13:13:21.653+00:00I always get confused as to the difference between...I always get confused as to the difference between the story of the book or the theme of it. So for mine the story is - <br /><br />The Making of Her is the programme Clara never wanted to direct, starring the one person she would never have chosen...<br /><br />And the theme is -<br /><br />Does change come from the inside out, or from the outside in?<br /><br />- but neither really work as elevator pitches...<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-20235053686280830882012-01-03T12:36:01.357+00:002012-01-03T12:36:01.357+00:00About a man who has a psychotic episode triggered ...About a man who has a psychotic episode triggered by the breakdown of his marriage.Roderic Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519267912305907364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-47964176205028429112012-01-03T12:26:18.205+00:002012-01-03T12:26:18.205+00:00I've only recently discovered this approach, F...I've only recently discovered this approach, Fi, and find it helps enormously. It seems that I have to be able to hold the story in the palm of my hand, or something, to really see it.Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-40141642020901375502012-01-03T09:22:50.137+00:002012-01-03T09:22:50.137+00:00Interesting post, Fi, and to be honest I've ne...Interesting post, Fi, and to be honest I've never really stripped it down to one sentence.<br /><br />Here goes - Standing Man (2012) is about redemption and repentance following a church massacre at the height of the Troubles.<br /><br />Recently completed - Cake - a Victoria Sponge contest ends in murder and illustrates the extent some people go to for revenge.<br /><br />WIP - The Dodo Society - um, well it's about the kidnapping of a child while on holiday....<br /><br />See - I need to work on the third!!Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-89252695780354595792012-01-03T08:25:06.102+00:002012-01-03T08:25:06.102+00:00This is certainly how I've always worked, Fi.
...This is certainly how I've always worked, Fi.<br /><br />My first book began with the central question that I had been asked as a lawyer, all my working life; what do you do if you suspect your client is guilty?<br /><br />The answer is actually quite technical and boring, but I could see that this was an issue which really intrigued people.<br /><br />In my mind I also had a character. Warm, funny, scatty, feisty and utterly idealistic. I called her Lilly Valentine.<br /><br />So my elevator pitch became...what would Lilly Valentine do if she suspected her client was guilty of a horrific murder?<br />HB xHelen Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266205672947750373noreply@blogger.com