Search
  • Home
  • Novels
  • Short Fiction
  • About
  • Blog
  • Mailing List
Close
Menu
Search
Close
  • Home
  • Novels
  • Short Fiction
  • About
  • Blog
  • Mailing List
Menu

Dan Stout, Writer

August 26, 2018

Week 4 of #Debut19Chat

by Dan Stout


37953408_725600943495_254799793828659200_n.jpg
37953408_725600943495_254799793828659200_n.jpg

 

Day 20: Query or Pitch Advice

Whether you're querying an agent or pitching a magazine editor, understand that there is a craft to short form promotion. 
Like a sonnet, queries & pitches have a form. They can be tweaked or subverted, but the basics have to be there.

 

Day 21: Sources of Advice

I'm a huge podcast nerd. Rather than dump a 40 part thread filled with recommendations, here's my list of favorite podcast. Scroll down a bit for the Writing Craft and Storytelling sections. 

 

Day 22: Synopsis Advice

It's easy to get too bogged down in details. The best advice I've heard is to imagine describing a book or movie to a smart 8 or 10 year old kid. You'll give enough info so that they understand the story, without getting lost in subplots and side characters. 

 

Day 23: Quit Your Day Job?

The day job question is so individual. (Cash flow, insurance needs, whether you have dependents or a partner, etc.)
One piece of advice: Don't think of it as quitting your old job, think of it as getting a new one. Full-time is great, but it's still work.

 

Day 24: Submissions Advice

Being on submission is tough. I agree with the rest of my #DebutAuthors19 cohort: The best way to deal with being on sub is to throw yourself into something (anything) else.

 

Day 25:  Favorite Life Advice

Find the Fun! Whatever you're doing, find the element of weirdness or humor or surreal strangeness that makes you happy.

I'm Dan Stout, a joyfully collaborative storyteller who loves rocket ships, dinosaurs, and monsters that skulk through shadows.
Comment

  • Previous Post
    Week 5 of #Debut19Chat
  • Next Post
    Week 2 and 3 of ...

Privacy Policy - Newsletter Sign-up - Contact