Hooked: How to Make Your Novel Impossible to Ignore
Look, writing a novel is hard. If it were easy I would’ve finished that “sci-fi epic” I’ve been talking about since 1997. But selling a novel? That’s a whole different Olympic sport — and the judges are grumpy, over-caffeinated, and drowning in submissions. In this session, we’ll walk through how to find the shiny, irresistible idea at the center of your story that makes people say, “Okay, sounds great, I’ll read it.” We’ll break down your plot, characters, and conflict to uncover what truly makes your book stand out, then we will ask a series of questions designed to get to exactly what makes you and your book special. Whether you write dragons, detectives, doomed lovers, or deeply broken humans (my personal fave), you’ll leave with a pitch and hooks you can use for querying, marketing, and finally being able to answer “so what do you write?” easily and with focus. Come for the insight, stay for the existential crisis about why you started writing — and leave with the sentence that might actually sell your book. This is an OnDemand webinar.
Instructor:
Amy Collins is an Agent with Talcott Notch Literary Services. She has over 30 years of experience matching books with readers. As a former book buyer, publisher, and sales director, Amy focuses on market and sales potential for authors. Amy is the author of several non-fiction books and is currently traveling the US of America and US of Mexico in a solar-powered bus with her husband and two dogs meeting with editors and authors. She can be found on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook at @bookcrone.
