Winning Pitch
Ambrosia Severn is a gifted
but insecure young doctor who has fast-tracked to recognition and academic
prestige. She takes a beach-vacation in upstate California and while beach-combing,
she sees a naked man walk out of the surf. She had left her cell phone at the
villa up on the cliff overlooking the beach, and the only weapon she has is her
new metal-detector for treasure hunting. Running is definitely an option but
the orthopedic surgeon in her knows that the best collection of limbs and
musculature she’s ever come across would outrun her in seconds. She settles for
standing still, hoping that she might talk her way out of the situation.
A few hours later, across the dinner table she’s not only
facing Niven, the stranger who walked out of the surf naked but a horrendous
decision. Niven has just asked her to choose between giving up her life’s work
– her achievements, place in the medical research community, her father and her
identity – or die.
He is a descendant of Quen star-lords stranded on Earth thousands
of years ago. He must protect the beautiful but temperamental young doctor and
find out who wants to kill her. His mission directive is simple. Nothing else
is because unknown to him the one who wants to kill Amy is Niven’s betrothed.
And while some women turn into dragons when they see their fiancé escorting a
gorgeous and sexy young woman, Niven’s fiancé really is a dragon.
Write a pitch for your novel once a day - or at least once a week - and then after you have about five-six of them, put them on paper, put them on the table in front of you and hi-light what you think is effective in each of them. Then string together those sentences or ideas. You will have to re-position within your frame for clarity and effectiveness, but in the end you will end up with a solid pitch.
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