President's Message
From the June 2010 newsletter - by Marianne van Gelder
Let me be clear, I love my WIP. It has everything -- a gutsy heroine,
quirky secondary characters, a story arc with both internal and external
changes for my antagonist, interesting twists in every chapter, even
a satisfactory ending. Really. So why am I not selling this awesome
story?
I was riding with one of my writing buddies on the way to see another
authorial crony when he asked, "So how is your story different from
all the other stories out there?"
"It has everythi--"
"Yeah, yeah, but why should someone buy this story and not any of
the other hundreds of thousands out there?"
I was floored to realize I HAVE NO HOOK.
Bobbi's workshop last month helped me work through what I do have
and identify what I don't. So as much as I love my story, it's back
to the rewrite table. Again.
I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's pitches. With any luck at
all, someone will ask you the "AH HA!" question. I hope we all get
the guidance and insight my writing friends helped me find.