Pitch Craft
Pitch Craft
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Do You Believe in Pitch Craft?
Hi! I'm Laura Goode, a multi-hyphenate author and educator with an abiding passion for compensating and celebrating other authors. You didn't ask, but I'd argue that history is written not only by the victorious, but by the published. I'm so glad you're here.
Who teaches writers to build careers—not just craft?
Award-winning multi-genre author and Stanford writing instructor Laura Goode had an epiphany after finishing her MFA and building a freelancing career: Nobody teaches writers how to write compelling pitches, impress gatekeepers, build a digital platform, negotiate compensation, or self-advocate as professionals. PITCH CRAFT became that practical, unapologetically honest business-of-writing handbook, drawing on Goode’s experience as a novelist, poet, essayist, filmmaker, and professor to uncover what nobody else will tell you about the business strategy that creates a writing career.
PITCH CRAFT is for writers in all genres and of all experience levels, whether you're just getting started, are considering applying to a graduate program, or have been in the trenches for decades. After reading and completing the assignments in PITCH CRAFT, you'll hold a finished pitch in hand and the knowledge and skills to navigate your dream literary career.
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"Laura Goode’s PITCH CRAFT takes the fear and guesswork out of pitching agents and editors. If you're just about to start querying, or ready to take your work to the next level, this is the guide for you."
— John Cusick, Literary Agent and Author
“PITCH CRAFT is way more than a how-to guide for writers—it is writer Laura Goode's ultimate act of resistance. Brilliant, vulnerable, and unapologetically irreverent, Goode is that no-effs-given, ride-or-die homie that every writer needs—the one who pulls back the curtain on an industry deadset on gatekeeping the voices of those on the margins. I promise you: writing will feel less lonely with a copy of PITCH CRAFT on your desk.”
— Anthony C. Ocampo, author of The Latinos of Asia and Brown & Gay in LA
“The life of an author is filled with rejection after rejection, and the writers who make it have to be tenacious and talented. What Goode has given writers is indispensable instruction on how to share that talent and become more tenacious. The absolute gems of wisdom Goode shares range from the practical (how to pitch an editor) to the personal (how to end a feud). Through it all, Goode is generous, gracious, down-to-earth, and exceedingly helpful. There is no gatekeeping here! PITCH CRAFT is an honest appraisal of all it takes to be a writer and to make the life of a writer possible.”
— Lyz Lenz, New York Times bestselling author of This American Ex-Wife, Belabored, and God Land