When writing my query letter for my hypothetical pitch letter, I had to take into account the differences between that and writing one for a fiction book. We discussed in class that:
- Non consumer books/articles etc should be pitched before they are written.
- Research and knowledge of the are/subject should be proven.
- Experience writing about the area/for the type of publication should be proven.
One thing I found easier than writing for a fiction book is that, because I was suggesting a book to be written, not that already had been, I didn't have to know the content inside out to be able to write about it in a few short sentences. With the fiction book, I felt like I needed to know exactly what happened in the book and know my characters well enough, although I hadn't written the book, to then be able to summarise it.
One difficult aspect of the task was thinking of an area that I could justify writing a book about. Also, believably giving examples of experience and qualification to write the book was hard too.
This week, I'm going to be preparing for my presentation. My original idea was to do it on The Bible, as it is one of the biggest selling books in history, and I thought it would be different and interesting However, after researching the development and publications, it's been hard to find concrete figures on the number of different versions, and facts about the publication, as it goes back so far in time. So I think I may have bit off more than I can chew. Therefore, although I'm continuing my research on the different Bibles, I'm going to also continue researching my second idea, before deciding if I have enough research to present on the Bible.
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