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Part 2 will be posted in a few days! We’ll be telling you our best practices to prepare for pitch sessions with an agent/editor, so stay tuned! 🎉

5. Bring water, coffee, tea, snacks for yourself. I feel like we all forget this with so much excitement and nervous energy! Bring a water bottle so you don’t get parched, and snacks in case you get super hungry. Any other sustenance? Make sure you have it. It’s a long day!

4. Bring a printed version of your query/pitch for yourself. It can be handwritten in your notebook or printed on paper, but have a physical copy so that when the nerves become too much, you have something to read from. Agents don’t care if you’re reading from it, too. We get it. ❤️

3. Bring business cards! One of the main reasons you want to be at a conference is to network! Find some writing friends, critique partners, etc., and give them a business card. When you meet with agents, this is the one piece of paper we will usually accept, too!

2. Bring an accessible version of your manuscript. We don’t mean a paper version, but rather a version on your phone, tablet, small laptop, so you can make notes and changes in the moment. DO NOT bring your printed manuscript for any agents. Just an accessible version for yourself!

1. Bring a notebook and pens/pencils! It may seem obvious to some, but many people forget to bring a larger notebook for note taking while attending conferences. Go to workshops, learn, pitch agents, and take notes during all of it! The day will go so quickly, everyone forgets the details!

Heading to a conference soon? Pitching an agent?

We’ve been asked about how to prepare and what to bring when pitching an agent, so today we’re answering the call!

Here’s our short series about what to BRING to a writing conference and pitch session. 👇🏻👇🏻 Part 1.

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2025 Online Chesapeake Writing Workshop Get Your Writing Published: August 15-16, 2025

Writers! I'm back again for another Writing Workshop on August 16! Come talk to me, and be sure to sign up soon before slots get filled up. 🤗📚
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Good luck and happy writing friends! And remember, don’t hold back!

Exactly what your MC should be working towards. What are their best and worst characteristics? How does it differ from your MC’s POV of themselves? Are these characteristics things your MC needs to work towards or grow to overcome?

…now you have your character arc goals. 🎉

If you don’t want to do an age jump, write a letter to your MC from the POV of their best friend. Best friends are honest and caring, and we should all strive to see ourselves from our best friends POV.

These different perspectives can highlight the good and the bad in your MC, and show you

How would this child look up to your current MC and be proud of them? How might this elder version of your MC be looking back with pride, regret, or gratefulness? What would either of these versions of your MC like and dislike about your current MC in this scene?

Today, I want you to think of your MC (main character) as older or younger than they currently are. Either as a child looking forward, or maybe 10-20 years from now looking back on this moment in time. Write a letter to your current MC from the POV of their older or younger selves.

Happy Writing Prompt Wednesday! Here’s a great activity for finding the best and worst characteristics of your main character, and really working on pinpointing your MC’s character arc.

Grab a notebook or a blank document and scroll. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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New Agent Alert!

Jael Morrill of Jennifer Di Chiara Literary Agency is looking for YA and Adult Fiction, Non-fiction, horror, sci-fi, and more!

Discover the full #mswl and how to query on our blog:

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Happy Monday, and get to writing, friends! You can do it!

Thank you, Rachel! You can find more info or sign up to pitch Rachel at our ONLINE Minnesota Writing Day Workshop from September 5-6th, 2025: minnesotawritingworkshop.com

Rachel Estep of D4EO Literary Agency is back for our Monday Motivation!

We always get asked about comp titles, so we are THRILLED Rachel created an amazing set of slides to help authors navigate comp titles.

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Thank you so much for your support!

We’re glad to be on this publishing road with you, and we’re excited for everything that’s to come!

Here’s to all your publishing dreams.

The Writing Day Workshops Team 📖📚

Chuck’s new picture book, GOODNIGHT PICKLEBALL, is hitting the shelves. We're waving at the book lovers out there to help us spread the word, share the pickleball love, and leave an Amazon review.

If that’s you, thank you!

In fact, so many authors have found their agents because of a Writing Day Workshop conference! By teaching across the country and leading WDW, Chuck has personally helped so many achieve their dreams.

This time the writing community gets to return some of the love.

Chuck is a bestselling author, a freelance editor, and a former editor for Writer’s Digest Books. During his time with WD Books, he edited the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS as well as the CHILDREN’S WRITER’S & ILLUSTRATOR’S MARKET.

Chuck is a wealth of information, and he loves helping writers.

Those answers can be combined into a two/three sentence pitch when it’s concise and focused on your main character!

Get to cutting those words friends! And don’t forget the importance of a good comp title mash up at the beginning of your elevator pitch! :)

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Creating an Elevator Pitch is so difficult trying to whittle down details to only what’s necessary. Here’s five critical questions to help you get important and purposeful answers.

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Finding your love of writing can be so difficult in a business centered around finances instead of inspiration.

The best advice? Write for you. Write what you want to write. And start doing it today. Not tomorrow.

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Quick Tips for Improving Your Writing, especially when you’re feeling a lack of depth or authenticity within your characters. Use these quick tips to help you identify the issues you may be facing, and see if we can help you crack the code!

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Happy Wednesday, authors! This week’s Writing Prompt Wednesday is brought to you by @brianklems.bsky.social

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Good luck and happy writing!

New Agent Alert!

Rachel Estep of D4EO Literary Agency is looking for MG, YA, and Adult fiction, as well as literary fiction, gothic fiction, and queer romcoms!

Discover the full #mswl and how to query on our blog:

www.writingdayworkshops.com/blog

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