It's not easy boiling down a several hundred page novel to a 300-word query, but there are tricks to successfully pitching your book. We'll teach you how to grab an agent and editor's attention, what to highlight and what not to include, and review all the core elements of a successful pitch for your work.

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Dedi Felman is a writer/director born and raised in the wilds of NJ. A member of the inaugural class of the HBO Access Writing Fellowship, she attended the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and has taught TV writing for eight years, helping many students win fellowships and start their careers. Previously, Dedi worked in publishing as a senior editor at Simon & Schuster and an executive editor at Oxford University Press. Titles she’s developed have been New York Times and Washington Post bestsellers and have won the Bancroft Prize, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism prize, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She continues to freelance consult on book projects at Book Doctor West. Her espionage drama short, "Allegiance", was a finalist at the USA Film Festival and voted a Kickstarter "Project We Love."

Hollie Overton is an established screenwriter and novelist. She is currently a Co-Executive Producer on the CW/Netflix hit “All: American: Homecoming." Previous credits include, “Tell me a Story," “Shadowhunters,” and "Cold Case." She’s also the author of three crime novels, including the international bestseller, Baby Doll, which was translated into eleven languages. Hollie has written two standalone thrillers, The Walls and The Runaway and is hard at work on her fourth novel. As a screenwriting teacher and coach, Hollie has helped countless screenwriters hone their craft and break into the business. An identical twin, Hollie lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David, their identical triplets and rescue dog, Stevie.