Friday, May 21, 2010

Friday Fun

First of all I just ran across this- Official 2010 Write Your A** Off Day. Looks like fun doesn't it? It's a challenge to write 3,000 words in a day. I bet I could do it -- if I sat and stared at my WIP for hours. Ha. I'm a short bursts kind of writer, so it'd be interesting to see what I could pull off on a whole day devoted to nothing but writing.


I feel like I'm always linking to Nathan Bransford's blog, but it's for good reason -- he's a flippin' genius. His blog post yesterday was on writing your one-line pitch.

According to him there are three basic elements in a good one sentence pitch:

- The opening conflict
- The obstacle
- The quest

So, in the spirit of good fun, here's what I've come up with for Emerald's Keeper.

Mandy may only be fourteen, but faced with a darkening world and a villain she loves, she must find the strength to do the right thing -- or turn to the dark.

What do you think? Need some more work? I'm seriously struggling with this one sentence deal.

Share your one-liners in the comments!

3 comments:

Shannon said...

Ooo I like this. Darkening world and a villain she love conjures up great imagery. Nice.

Roland D. Yeomans said...

Talking of one liners ...

Have you thought of joining the Logline Blogfest?

http://timeguardiansaga.com/blog/?p=772

I'd like to see the logline you would write, Roland

Creepy Query Girl said...

I like that pitch but it could be more detailed maybe? Nathan Bransford is da bomb. For mine, this is the best I got for the moment:

Pagan teen Avery Desjardins will face hard questions about the meaning of faith and love during her first year in the small town of Coventry, Connecticut.