New Literary Agents To Query!

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Today I have the names of two new literary agent to query. I got them from a recent email letter from GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS.

2 New Agents Seeking Clients NOW  Click on any name below to see the full mini-profile on the GLA Blog (with submission instructions). Good luck querying!   1. Amanda Panitch of Lippincott Massie McQuilkin She is seeking: Young adult and middle grade only. In particular, she'd love to find a high fantasy set in a non-Western inspired setting. Other concepts she'd love to see in her inbox include a dark psychological thriller, a quirky mystery, a gorgeous literary contemporary, historical fiction set in a place or time not often explored in fiction, or anything featuring food as a main element. She is also drawn to generational spaceships, unreliable narrators, magical realism, the pre-Columbian Americas, the Amazon, close sibling relationships, and slow-burning romances. 2. Kirsten Carleton of Waxman Leavell Literary Agency Kirsten is seeking: Upmarket young adult, speculative, and literary fiction with strong characters and storytelling. She's particularly interested in novels that bend and blur genres; literary takes on high concept worldbuilding; diverse characters in stories that are not just about diversity; antiheroes she find herself rooting for; characters with drive and passion; girls and women in STEM fields; settings outside the US/Europe; well-researched historical settings; YA noir/thriller/mystery; stories that introduces her to a new subculture and makes her feel like a native. She is not interested in horror, romance, erotica, poetry, or picture books.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Below is something I got from Writers Digest Tutorial. I strongly suggest viewing the tutorial. They are very informing. They are made by actual literary agents who know the market and knows what it takes to create a book that sells. They are experts. So please check them out. The tutorials can help improve your writing a lot.

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Plot Your Book:  Scene by Scene

SUE JOHNSON Writer's Digest Tutorials

Hi Everyone!

Over-plotter, under-plotter? Struggles with plot are common among writers at all levels. This tutorial takes the guess-work out of plotting by teaching you the key scenes that build your plot backbone, providing a refresher on the elements of a scene, and breaking down the specific kinds of scenes you'll need at each of the three key Acts of a novel. Plots, after all, are simply stories comprised of well-placed and stylized scenes.

Jordan E. Rosenfeld brings over a decade of experience in teaching students how to use scenes to transform writing. She believes that scenes are fiction's "magic ingredient" - activating writing so that your readers are drawn palpably into the experience of your character's story, versus the flat habits of summarizing and expository writing. A former freelance journalist, she shows you the difference between passive "telling" of a story and powerful, active demonstrating of a fantastic plot.

If you'd like to simplify the plot process and no longer be overwhelmed by what comes next, so you can focus on the work of writing powerful characters and transformative stories, you won't want to miss this presentation.

In this 56-minute tutorial video, you'll learn:

• The essential ingredients of a scene
• The five key "lynchpin" scenes that build your plot backbone
• The importance of First and Final scenes
• How a plot is a journey of character transformation
• Your scenes in three Acts
• How to add plot information to every scene

Preview: Plot Your Book:  Scene by Scene

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Haven't taken advantage of the wisdom bestowed through the WD tutorials yet? Why not try it out today and see all that our WD tutorials have to offer! You can try WD Tutorials for only $25/month! You will enjoy instant access to 199+ tutorials, including at least one new tutorial added weekly. Also, there are many new tutorials still in development. Feel free to preview the many tutorials immediately available to you through the WD Tutorials site.

Wishing you a happy, healthy, week!

~ Sue Johnson~

P.S. If you missed the last newsletter (or two), be sure to watch these new and featured tutorials:

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World Building: The Art of Including Era and Place in Your Writing Part 2World Building: The Art of Including Era and Place in Your Writing Part 1

I've Written a Book...Now What? Part 2

I've Written a Book...Now What? Part 1

25 Things You Should Do to Grab an Agent's Attention

Pitches and Queries: How to Hook an Agent or Editor

Writing and Selling Women's and Book Club Fiction
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Join Glenn M. Benest for Writing a Strong Middle: Conquering Act Two   PART TWO OF A THREE PART SERIES WITH IN DEPTH GUIDANCE INTO CREATION OF THREE ACTS OF YOUR SCREENPLAY   Writing a Strong Middle: Conquering Act Two (January 20, 2015 at 1 pm PT): This is the tough one. The first act is all fun and games, but this is where the real work of a screenwriter begins. This webinar will cover what your second act needs in order for the reader to keep on reading! This webinar gives screenwriters the tools they need to not only finish act two but to amp up the stakes so that your readers can't turn away. Many examples from successful movies will be given to illustrate the basic elements of story structure. Valuable insights from the most influential teachers will be utilized to give a broad understanding of what can make your story unique and successful. Also, you will receive  an easy to use diagram of how to outline your story so that you can build  your screenplay on a rock solid structure. The webinar will be taught by Glenn M. Benst, award winning screenwriter and one of Los Angeles' most popular and successful instructors of screenwriting  workshops. Please note: If you purchase all three webinars, you can still receive a recording of the Act One webinar. Jan. 20 | 1:00 p.m. Pacific Part Two: $79.99 $69.99 - On Sale Now! Buy All Three Parts: $159.99 - BEST VALUE! Register Now

Glenn M. Benest Glenn M. Benest is an award-winning writing producer with seven produced screenplays, including two that were directed by Wes Craven. His independent film, HUNGRY HEARTS, was nominated for numerous awards at film festivals throughout the country and is  being distributed internationally by Shoreline Entertainment. Mr. Benest is a celebrated lecturer and instructor and his  professional screenwriting workshops have launched  six feature films, including SCREAM and EVENT HORIZON. Register Now

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Download 2015 Oscar Nominated Screenplays

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Comment Are Now Welcomed

Dear Reader,

I got some emails that people would like to leave comments on the blog. So I enabled them. I had stopped allowing comments because I was getting a lot of spams. But now comments are allowed again.

So I ask you to please be considerate and refrain from posting spams. You may comment on anything writing related.

Thank you and happy writing.

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Film Your Own Movie With "Student Film Maker Magazine

Hello Readers,

Here is something new for you think about.

Have you ever thought about filming you script into a movie yourself and getting it played on your local TV station. You may not make that Hollywood big money you dreamed of, but you get exposure. Did you know this is how the popular dance show SOUL TRAIN got started in the 1970s?

I subscrib to an online magazine called STUDENT FILM MAKER. It tells about students or just regular people learning to film their own movies. The magazine also discusses the type of equipment needed for filming. When you think about it, this is how those big Hollywood studios started out back in the old days. You can start out the same way. Then one day in the future you've grown into a big studio.

However, an important thing to remember is that you have to have well written stories to attract an audience. Make share your script is Hollywood quality before attempting to film it.

Below is the link to student film maker magazine.  Check it out.

http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/

We challenge you to make you own movie.