How to Pitch Your Book to Hollywood with Lindsey Hughes

About this episode

Lindsey Hughes shares strategies for authors on how to effectively pitch their books to Hollywood.

318 / How do you craft a pitch that gets Hollywood's attention and translates your book to the screen—or just want to network and pitch yourself more effectively as an author? Story coach Lindsay Hughes shares insider strategies from the entertainment industry and lessons from Hollywood. Lindsey’s "cocktail pitch" formula that grabs attentionHow to talk about your story in a way that intrigues (good for pitching or writing blurbs)Why authors should balance craft development with marketingUnde...

People in this episode

Hosts: Sara Rosett, Jami Albright

Guest: Lindsey Hughes

Topics covered

• book pitching
• Hollywood
• storytelling
• marketing for authors
• networking

Keywords

• pitching
• Hollywood
• story coach
• cocktail pitch
• marketing
• authors

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