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Hi This past Sunday May 19 was the Pitch Master Newsletter's 2nd birthday! Woo hoo! To celebrate here are the five most popular newsletters for the past year. Why You Should Write at the Car WashSometimes when you are searching for inspiration, try changing location. How the World's Worst Writer Can Inspire YouKeeler wrote over a hundred pulp novels (mostly detective stories) from the 1920s to the 1950s and is remembered for being a terrible writer with convoluted plots and crazy dialogue. Everyone Loves a Happy EndingMost movies and books have happy endings. The lovers get together; the bad guys are caught; the wrongly accused get their justice. In the world of entertainment, tragedies are rare. The real world is hard, and that’s why entertainment thrives. It takes us away from our troubles. How Not to Worry about the ApocalypseI worry a lot about the Apocalypse. A Day Job Can Make You More CreativeIf you have a day job or a side hustle to support yourself while you create, you are not a failure! Keep creating and see you next week! In Case You Missed ItUsing Family Stories as Inspiration Using Good News to Reconnect Social Media: Posting with Purpose Cheers, Lindsey Thanks for reading! You can share this article here. Was this week's newsletter useful? Help me to improve! Click on a link to vote: 👍Super! - 😐 Meh - 👎 Not my jam |
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Hi, I’m Lindsey. I love helping people discover their superpower, create compelling content, and feel excited about pitching and networking. I teach people how to pitch like a boss, network like a VIP, and write like an Oscar winner. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for actionable creativity and career tips.
The Pitch Master Newsletter How to make sure AI can find and recommend you, your novel, or screenplay. In the last few months, you may have noticed that internet search has changed. Now when you Google something, Gemini, Google’s AI, answers your question in a paragraph, giving you links if you want to read further. Many people have stopped Googling altogether, starting their search with their favorite AI tool. This shift is why writers need a new internet visibility strategy – GSO. What is...
The Pitch Master Newsletter Let’s Talk about the AI Disruption Using or even talking about AI freaks a lot of creatives out. It’s time to get real. The genie is out of the bottle. Things are not going back to Peak TV of 2017 or the movie theaters of 1993. Ever since 1904, when fiction films became popular with audiences, entertainment has been evolving with technology. Movies did not kill live theater, and they survived the arrival of television. Movies made by and starring humans will not go...
Hi Reader, Here’s a worksheet to create your henchmen. 1) Pick their story job/archetype. ☐ The Dragon: Big Bad’s right hand man / #2 / chief lieutenant. ☐ The Heavy: the most active threat the hero tangles with, even if they’re not the top villain. ☐ The Gatekeeper / Threshold Guardian: blocks access to a place, person, or clue. ☐ The Tracker: keeps the hero from ever truly getting away. ☐ The Temptation engine: tries to pull the hero off the path. 2) Define their rank + reach. ☐ What’s...