Pitch On Workshop -- Gripped

The Pitch!

Title: GRIPPED
Genre: YA Contemporary (Edgy)
Word-count: 58,000

Pitch: Taylor has it all: hottie boyfriend, perfect grades, and queen bee status. She also has an addiction. When she's dumped, she uses alcohol to numb her heartache. The more she drinks, the more reckless she becomes. Driving drunk, she crashes her car, forcing her to face her addiction. The truth is, she can’t survive without alcohol, and she’d rather die than give it up.

The Workshop!

Wow, I really like the issue addressed in this book. I think it's a super-interesting premise. What I'd like to see is a bit more about Taylor's character. You've shown us the stereotype of who she is, but what is going to make the reader care about her? What makes her unique? Instead of "she also has an addiction," maybe you can hint at her desperation to belong to the cool crowd or a traumatic incident in her past--whatever set her along the path to her addiction. Once we have a reason to care for her, we can root for her to beat her addiction.

That's my two cents. Let's see what everyone else has to say!

YA Authors: Get Your Pitch On

Attention YA Authors: Workshops for Get Your Pitch On will start on October 1, but you can send your pitches through now to secure your spot with a host blog. I'm one of the host blogs!!

There is no date deadline for the workshops. Each blog has allocated a set number of pitches that they can host and once those spots are full then no more submissions will be taken.

Important Rule: If you want to participate in a workshop, you must be prepared to comment on at least one other pitch.

How to submit: Email your draft pitch to pitchonws@gmail.com and include PitchOnWS and the title of the manuscript in the subject line. Pitches must follow the formatting as specified for the Get Your Pitch On contest. If you missed if before check out this post here and you can see the list of blogs participating here.

Draft pitches will be evenly distributed between host blogs.

Check out this post on YAtopia for more details on formatting and submitting your pitch.  Good luck!