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I want to go on the record stating that I've never had a bad word for any title in one of my proposals! My plan was to leave it out if I had to compliment it. This is looking good though. I believe I can create a very positive pitch using these...

Favorites for my WIP: newspapers.com - (not sure if accessible in EU?) for any phrase, it provides a histogram of the frequency of the use in American newspapers per year and per state. Saved me from having "lipstick" and "whistling tea kettle"...

It's hard to judge these examples, I believe they are from the StoryGrid website, without knowing the surrounding POV. Her hair was a tangled mess of copper curls, wild and untamable That is something a POV character can see, and wild and...

I agree. And I think that's the point, for me at least. I want to be able to show characterisation in how the person behaves or what they say rather than describing them outright and risk breaking that 4th wall.

I want to go on the record stating that I've never had a bad word for any title in one of my proposals! My plan was to leave it out if I had to compliment it. This is looking good though. I believe I can create a very positive pitch using these...

That’s exactly it, Brian. If you want to refine this a bit, you might indicate how the market may have grown/developed/changed since the comp you’re referring to was published, and how your project meets that need. But I’d stop well short of...

I remember @AgentPete once said that comps should be along the lines of "readers of X and Y will like my book." If that's the case, then it's all about marketing and where your book will sit in the bookshop; it's not about quality, per se, but...

I agree. And I think that's the point, for me at least. I want to be able to show characterisation in how the person behaves or what they say rather than describing them outright and risk breaking that 4th wall.

Really great post Claire. My writing is very research heavy. First it's syfy so researching all kinds of anomalies, stars, galaxies, star ship technology, physics. I spend weeks on this. Then a big part of the novel is historical fantasy, wars...

I want to go on the record stating that I've never had a bad word for any title in one of my proposals! My plan was to leave it out if I had to compliment it. This is looking good though. I believe I can create a very positive pitch using these...