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Reading 1000+ descriptions in Publishers Marketplace allowed me to figure out the perfect formula for book concepts.
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@sabatheus
@sabatheus Месяц назад
Mine: In a medieval, post-apocalyptic world, a recently retired infiltrator is called back into service to save her kingdom from a group of deadly pagans.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
I like it! That's a great pitch.
@nickscottcomposer1
@nickscottcomposer1 День назад
I misread that as deadly penguins...and now I want to read that book.
@sabatheus
@sabatheus День назад
@@nickscottcomposer1 So do I! haha!
@oluisribeiroo
@oluisribeiroo Месяц назад
I found the channel recently and I'm amazed at the quality of the content. Hugs from Brazil
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Many thanks! I'm having fun with it.
@Flitter9
@Flitter9 7 дней назад
My pitch: A random man is chosen as the representative of humanity and must choose 99 other people to bring along on an alien colony ship before the Earth is annihilated.
@RoosSkywalker
@RoosSkywalker 4 дня назад
Let's try the single sentence pitch! Hailing from a society as cold and calculating as the computer it was born from, Flora grapples with her humanity of inhuman expectations. It is so much more tbh but I don't know how to condense the premise into a single sentence pitch without destroying the other three plot twists.
@watcheronly71
@watcheronly71 3 дня назад
Group of securities guards blackmail their wealthy owner of mansion to give them tons of money however to their suprise the mansion owner give them offer to even secretly run the house and his business. And so it begins the betrayal and worst corruption scandal in history of mankind.
@VictoriaM.Sorenson
@VictoriaM.Sorenson 18 дней назад
Now I’m curious about what you would say about my book pitch! Here it is: Two elven sisters bloom from the vine of life and are hunted for their rare gifted powers by creatures thought to only exist in tales of lore.
@VivianAckers
@VivianAckers 10 дней назад
Not the youtuber, but since elves only exist in tales for us it doesn't really set the creatures in your case apart. I just think of some generic monster-wolf, maybe specify what makes these monsters (and maybe the elves) unique?
@lolozo214
@lolozo214 4 дня назад
Seeing y'all's pitches makes me want to pitch this story idea I've been threatening to write for a while now: In the not too distant future, a veteran and her logistics company is contracted to deliver cybernetic limbs to a PMC, but is betrayed by her colleague and admirer and is forced to become a cyborg to survive.
@rockbandny
@rockbandny Месяц назад
A gothic story set in 1963 texas, a son of a used car sales man meets a young handyman, they start a new life in san Fransisco but they begin to drift apart. Not a happy ending
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
After a used car salesman meets a young handyman in 1963 Texas, they start a new life in San Francisco but ... [say something specific about the type of troubles they experience]
@rockbandny
@rockbandny Месяц назад
@@Bookfox thanks, but their relationship becomes increasingly toxic as the salesmen is caught with a rent boy
@cyn4662
@cyn4662 Месяц назад
I am just shocked tonsee yoir sub count? Your quality of content and personality is top teir! Excited to join and support you on your rise!
@Bookfox
@Bookfox 27 дней назад
Welcome aboard! And I just started posting videos about a month ago, so I'm sure the sub count will rise over the next few months.
@joshuam2212
@joshuam2212 Месяц назад
it is nice to feel like i am being heard i new to your channel i have been writing for about 10 years for my own enjoyment did think anyone else would like them because they deal a lot with internal conflict there is other thins going on but all the stories i had read didn't really have hard emotional struggles so many people deal with i have recently learned that is what what a lot of readers are looking for i might have just been ahead of the game so i am hoping i will fined a place in the book world
@nidhidhawan6683
@nidhidhawan6683 25 дней назад
wow!! you opened my eyes- I tick alot of boxes, but never thought of pitching like this!!! thanks!!
@catpettingparty
@catpettingparty 25 дней назад
Man you have such great insights
@mark-ch2bx
@mark-ch2bx День назад
Regarding the test, i was actually intrested in both 1 and 3 and not 2
@DesoloSubHumus
@DesoloSubHumus 4 дня назад
When you've written a short piece of fiction, one maybe two pages long, and it mentions *climate change*, *AI*, the apocalypse, the post-apocalyptic world, questions whether other life is in the universe, explains that they probably won't come here, and gets into the AI being extremely depressed (so much conflict, both external and internal). It's not a pitch, just musing on the sheer amount of interest that could be potentially generated from a page or two I spent less than an hour writing (the two dad jokes aside - 1) whether you can be stir crazy if you have no arms for stirring, and 2) the poor AI's designation + the file type spelling out 'human' if you line them up properly)
@michaelcain9324
@michaelcain9324 Месяц назад
Really good video. Thanks.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Glad you liked it!
@Narokkurai
@Narokkurai 4 дня назад
Mine is hard because it essentially has two main characters with distinct, but interrelated plot arcs, but here goes: "On a death march masquerading as a pilgrimage, an impoverished noblewoman and a demon-possessed boy seek answers to their wretched fates, and find them in service of a man who aims to shape the destiny of the entire world."
@1026JMS
@1026JMS 2 дня назад
I'm intrigued! But the first part is a little too vague, I have no idea what you mean by "on a death march".
@1026JMS
@1026JMS 2 дня назад
I'm intrigued! But the first part is a little too vague, I have no idea what you mean by "on a death march".
@Narokkurai
@Narokkurai 2 дня назад
@@1026JMS Does, "On a pilgrimage that turned into a death march" work better for you? The idea is that it used to be a holy pilgrimage, but the route became so dangerous that it became functionally impossible, so the church started using it as a way to legally execute dissidents.
@gamingtime468
@gamingtime468 Месяц назад
thanks :)
@potatoenjoyer8891
@potatoenjoyer8891 Месяц назад
pitch for my WIP: A sheltered but drive high school graduate enrols in an elite magical university, believing it will bring her an opportunity to achieve her childhood dream of uncovering the truth behind the sudden disappearance of an entire country from the international community over a century ago. It’s set in a fantasy world, and I’m worried that this doesn’t quite convey that very well😂 as well as being maybe a bit long. What do you think?
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
A sheltered but drive high school graduate enrols in an elite magical university, where she tries to understand the sudden disappearance of a country over a century ago.
@bethezebra
@bethezebra Месяц назад
​@@Bookfoxnice and punchy. 🔥
@potatoenjoyer8891
@potatoenjoyer8891 Месяц назад
Thank you!
@emilypearson5484
@emilypearson5484 Месяц назад
Guessed right on that pitch! A couple additional points. Number 3 has no indication of character relationships or character conflict. We have two names; we have no idea how those people are going to generate interpersonal conflict. Even for fantasy, which often involves world-level conflict or stakes, that high-level conflict is not sufficient. For Number 1, I’d also note that two characters just stuck on a train alone is a hard sell for a whole novel. Not saying it can’t be done, I’m just saying it’s going to be difficult to do right. Presumably the only scenes that get the reader out of that setting will be flashbacks, which could encourage an overuse of flashback. What are the characters doing about being stuck on that train? When I think of whole novels that take place on a train, I’m thinking of stories with lots of related characters crammed together, and/or lots of conflict and stakes generated by the fact of being stuck together in this claustrophobic setting (Snowpiercer, Murder on the Orient Express).
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Nice call out about snow piercer and Murder on the Orient express - those were the two that sprang to my mind for locked on a train stories as well. And nice breakdown of the other issues.
@CraigTheScotsman
@CraigTheScotsman 29 дней назад
On the eve of the War of 1812, a common British soldier is thrust into a perilous mission to escort a band of self-liberated slaves to freedom while pursued by a ruthless bounty hunter and the martial forces at his disposal.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox 27 дней назад
This is great, just end on "ruthless bounty hunter."
@futurevoid4261
@futurevoid4261 26 дней назад
Darkness fills a teen boys surroundings when he awakes to a seemingly endless cave, his memory loss sends him on a journey to discover his true Origins which leads him to battles against opposing forces that threatens the world Any feedback random stranger reading this.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox 26 дней назад
A little too vague, my friend. I'm not sure what the story is about.
@futurevoid4261
@futurevoid4261 25 дней назад
I figured that was the problem. I'm struggling to add specifics without spoiling parts that are intended to be mysterious or plot twists wish me luck ​@Bookfox
@aust_inc
@aust_inc Месяц назад
An MFA program is very helpful in learning about the writing and publishing industries. I'm a year away from receiving my degree.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Wonderful! Glad you've enjoyed your program, and hope the thesis work is coming along well.
@ejirogiwewhegbe9929
@ejirogiwewhegbe9929 Месяц назад
Can you give a formula for a book with multiple protagonist?
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Here's a good example: Alyssa Sheinmel's SUCH SHELTERED LIVES, the author's adult debut, following three self-destructive young celebrities who check themselves into an exclusive rehabilitation facility in the Hamptons catering to the rich and famous, but soon suspect that the ultra-private, ever-vigilant staff are protecting the center's dark secrets more than their own
@lilyrodriguez6831
@lilyrodriguez6831 25 дней назад
I just found your channel yesterday and I’m surprised at the little following with this great content. I have had this idea for quite a while now but I never actually wrote a pitch so.. I hope this is at least a little interesting. A young sorceress does her very best to keep up appearances, after her brother mysteriously disappeared seven years ago, until she receives a letter that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her family’s past. (I see how it sounds similar to the first pitch example with the letter but I really did plan the inciting incident to be that letter so I just left it at that) Criticism very much welcomed! Have a lovely day :)
@Bookfox
@Bookfox 25 дней назад
Well, I just started posting videos, so the follower count will rise soon enough. Despite her brother mysteriously disappearing seven years ago, a young sorceress (does X) until she receives a letter that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her family’s past. "Keep up appearances" sounds boring, so substitute something there.
@lilyrodriguez6831
@lilyrodriguez6831 25 дней назад
@@Bookfox alright, thank you!
@alananimus9145
@alananimus9145 Месяц назад
I don't write but do read romance from time to time. I've had an itch for a book and I am sure I am not the only one so if someone wants to take this idea and run with it feel free. So the idea is for a queer straight romance. Okay I know you are thinking what but wait for it. A lonely incel wants to loose his virginity but can't find a girl who wants to date him let alone marry him. Then he makes friends with a bi guy and bi guys girlfriend. The three explore the difference between romantic attraction, sexual attraction, and friendship.
@Pyrotechn1cs
@Pyrotechn1cs Месяц назад
Sherlock Holmes, but he's a wizard and all the mysteries culminate in one large conspiracy.
@bethezebra
@bethezebra Месяц назад
😱 haha I love it 🔥
@aouyiu
@aouyiu 28 дней назад
Culminate* btw
@Pyrotechn1cs
@Pyrotechn1cs 28 дней назад
@@aouyiu thanks yer the goat
@bethezebra
@bethezebra 28 дней назад
@@Pyrotechn1cs you're*.........lol, kidding 😂
@Pyrotechn1cs
@Pyrotechn1cs 28 дней назад
@@bethezebra (cartoon villain voice) NYEH FOILED AGAIN >:|
@ameteurwriter
@ameteurwriter Месяц назад
Yeah guys, just PREDICT the trends 2+ years ahead of time, that's all. LMAO
@linglingwannabe9135
@linglingwannabe9135 Месяц назад
Pitch for my wip(which i kinda just came up with on the spot so probs not good): Years of oppression has finally reached a breaking point, where two members of the oppressed will finally- with a cost- help return their people to the place where they belong, while navigating and using everything in their power to do so.
@linglingwannabe9135
@linglingwannabe9135 Месяц назад
TN: this doesnt really have much do actually do with showing the conventional strggules of racism in current or more recent era since its set in a fantasy world
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Yeah, that pitch doesn't have any specifics, sorry.
@linglingwannabe9135
@linglingwannabe9135 Месяц назад
@@Bookfox thanks, will work on it
@joshuam2212
@joshuam2212 Месяц назад
the problem with writing for market or trend is they flood the place with generic stereotypical stories they don't have to be good or original a lot of people with dark skin are outraged at all the everybody is racist books movies and youtube content i choose to start my own fire instead of feeding an out of control one talking the lives of innocent people that might sound harsh but if i want the world to be a better place it starts with writing stories that show kindness and not everything is bad in the wold i grow up poor the amount of hate i see about that group of people is skinning even now that have nothing to do with skin tone
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
I agree writing to the trend can be problematic, which I mention in the video. Still, it's important to know the type of books that are selling.
@c.l.bailey4256
@c.l.bailey4256 3 дня назад
The Rainbow Galaxy: In a dystopian world where art and queerness is increasingly illegal, will Milo succeed in opening the portal to the Rainbow Galaxy, a queer artist utopia, or will she perish in the post capitalist hellscape? Does that sound interesting?? I’m planning to probably self publish, but I still need to market it well
@arqitype
@arqitype 23 дня назад
Suuuubscribed
@HH-wq6se
@HH-wq6se 25 дней назад
My pitch: A naive teenage girl flees the domineering CEO posing her as his daughter by pursuing a “free-spirited” musician who is actually a struggling addict. Feedback very much welcome.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox 24 дня назад
The CEO part is confusing. He's pretending that she's his daughter?
@HH-wq6se
@HH-wq6se 24 дня назад
He is an abuser keeping an underage girl trapped in an inappropriate relationship while keeping her publicly presented as his daughter.
@HH-wq6se
@HH-wq6se 24 дня назад
"A pampered young woman flees exploitation by a charismatic CEO through pursuit of a 'free-spirited' musician who is actually an addict." Clearer, maybe?
@Meowch3
@Meowch3 9 дней назад
A teenage girl trapped and exploited by a domineering CEO thinks she's finally found a way out when she meets a charming, free-spirited musician, but her hopes are turned upside down when she discovers that he's actually a struggling addict. I'd read that. ;D
@HH-wq6se
@HH-wq6se 9 дней назад
Thank you, @Meowch3! Always encouraging to hear and sounds like you understand it perfectly.
@gunsgalore7571
@gunsgalore7571 25 дней назад
I have a question. I ask this in the least political way possible, but it does have to do with politics. I know a lot of the issues you brought up that are selling really well right now seem to play a bit more on the left side of things. Now, my novel takes place in rural Texas and New Mexico and most of the main characters are very socially conservative cowboy-types, and they and their way of thinking are portrayed positively. Politics don't come up much, but theism vs atheism do, as well a one-off comment on abortion (again, the conservative side is portrayed positively). I want to make it clear that this is not a political book, it's not about anything currently going on in the news, it's just written from a very backwoods, country way of thinking. Is this something that is unlikely to be published in the current marketplace?
@Bookfox
@Bookfox 24 дня назад
Traditional publishing is pretty liberal. But if you're not publishing literary fiction, but in a certain genre, you have some more leeway. Still, it's a tough sell for any books that aren't pro-left. It's not impossible, it's just that it's more difficult to find an agent that jives with that material and a publisher that will get excited about it.
@Greatermaxim
@Greatermaxim Месяц назад
I'm proud to write well without the A.I.
@b.t.3406
@b.t.3406 Месяц назад
I agree. Trans & climate crisis stories are adored by DEI editors & publishers. But do they sell? Netflix & Disney are losing billions on political correct narrative sermons.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Yep, that's a whole other question.
@justwritenaomi4792
@justwritenaomi4792 Месяц назад
I choose #2. #1 - That pitch needs editorial work. "And now there are two of them." Two of what? Now there are two best friends??? I expect the writer is trying to say Zyair and the sister's best friend are locked up on a train. Also, locked up on a train... how do you get locked up on a train?? It is a mode of transport, that shuttles people from one station to another. Is the writer trying to say that the train somehow got stopped in its tracks? #3 Isn't this a pitch in the Romance genre? The pitch should have that main romantic conflict in the pitch.
@bethezebra
@bethezebra Месяц назад
I can't WAIT to write the gayest racial victimization story set in an A.I.-run virtual reality world that is falling apart from climate change during a war on immigration. The twist is that the oppositional characters are minorities also, and the main antagonist is a genderfluid transexual. I'm pretty sure the protagonist, the sidekick, and the antagonist are going to end up in an abusive but very cutting-edge throuple. "The heart wants what the heart wants" emotional thoroughline will permeate the entire work. Also, I will still figure out a way to make straight white males the secret true villians that pull all the strings behind the scenes. Toxic Masculinity™ WILL be seen for what it is. ✊🏿 You made this happen. It's going to happen.
@Bookfox
@Bookfox Месяц назад
Unfortunately, it would sell. It would most certainly sell.
@bethezebra
@bethezebra Месяц назад
@@Bookfox 🤣😬🫣🫣🫣. I'm just going to let chatgpt write it, then, and see if I can't make a few bucks. ✨🗑️✨ Lol 😆
@mohammadsoleimani6037
@mohammadsoleimani6037 Месяц назад
Netflix executives taking notes.
@bethezebra
@bethezebra Месяц назад
@@mohammadsoleimani6037 🤣
@Meowch3
@Meowch3 8 дней назад
In an AI-run virtual reality world utterly wrecked by climate change, YaoMing and his partner Jorge are determined to build a better life in the only remaining haven left on Earth, the New United States, but when a migrant-hating genderfluid transexual donning a mask emerges as leader and declares war on all non-white non-citizens, YaoMing and his lover are soon caught up in a bloody fight for their people’s rights -- all while an intense budding attraction between the three threatens to upend everything they ever knew about justice and the desires of the human heart.
@PaulBruinFan
@PaulBruinFan 4 дня назад
Regarding trends: So, if you're writing leftist lit, you'll have a much better chance of being published.
@kell_checks_in
@kell_checks_in День назад
So there's nothing trending right now that isn't baseless, shallow, unsubstantiated, tyrannical bs?
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