At the beginning of December, I partook in the twitter event called Pitmad. I've talked about it in the last post, so I won't go into an in-depth explanation here. This is just to summarize how it went for me. Pitmad happened on the 2nd of December and was adjusted to an American time zone. As it happens, it was exactly going on during my working hours. And, as a teacher, it's not like I can post or check twitter in the middle of standing in front of a class full of students. As such, I used scheduled tweets and checked on how they were doing during breaks that day. My first post went live a few minutes after Pitmad began: Not the happiest about this pitch, as I don't feel that it reads all too well. However, that's of my own doing, as I hadn't taken the time to prepare pitches beforehand and was prepping them minutes before scheduling the tweets. I got a few retweets as you can see, some of them through retweet swaps (which I only did with those whose pitches I liked). The tweet was seen by 122 people. Next up, I tried, for the first time, doing a pitch using emojis, of which I'd seen many, particularly on twitter. I checked to see if people were using them in Pitmad, and as they were, I decided to go for it: Yikes. While I enjoyed this one more than the other one, it got much fewer engagements. Of the 46 people who saw it, not one liked or retweeted it. Then again, 46 people really isn't that much. As such, it failed both on the level of engagement and of its reach. Also, I'd rather not say how much time it took to find and choose all those emojis... Finally, the third pitch. Ironically, I really think it was the best one, but I also think it went up at the wrong time (it should have gone up sooner): Nevertheless, 180 people saw it, and it got the most retweets of all of my pitches. As you can see from the tweets above, you may have noticed that not one of them got a like - meaning not one industry professional had either seen or liked any of my pitches. However, I wasn't discouraged easily. That very weekend was Pitlight: the same thing as Pitmad, only for writers to find beta-readers and/or critique partners. The format is much looser and the atmosphere much friendlier. As such, I used my above pitch and added in the main character's mood board: 132 people saw the tweet, it got a retweet and four likes. Of course, during both of these events, I retweeted and liked (for Pitlight) all the pitches that I liked or wanted to amplify. For Pitlight, I found myself liking the tweets based on their mood boards first and foremost before checking the pitch that went along with it. To be fair, I think the mood boards are an amazing way to pitch because they introduce the pitch visually, and it's much easier and faster to decide on whether you enjoy the 'vibes' of the story. A written pitch, on the other hand, becomes difficult to read through after a while. Anyways, I'm still going to hang around on Pitlight and engage with writers there. Who knows, maybe I'll find the critique partner that I need for a last read-through before starting to query my main WIP. Until then, have a good weekend all of you, and see you next week!
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