The Novelist’s Platform
Platforms are more important today than ever for every writer but novelists get confused about why they should have one, much less what theirs should include. In this presentation, popular podcast host and producer of the talk show, “Your Book Is Your Hook!” and sought-after book consultant, Jennifer S. Wilkov, will show you why you need to build a platform for yourself as a fiction writer and not just your book in order to grow more fans and followers of your novels and writing career. (Ditto for nonfiction and children’s authors too!) Build your platform as a fiction writer the right way and start using it to attract more readers, agents, publishers, publicists, press and fans to your books.
Expect to learn:
- The basics for building a fiction writer’s platform
- How bragging is an integral part of your platform – and a good thing
- Proven techniques to use to focus on yourself as not only a writer but much more
- Why agents want you to have a platform as a novelist, even first-timers
- The secrets to making your fiction writer’s platform effective
Jennifer S. Wilkov. Jennifer is a multi #1 international best-selling award-winning author, an award-winning freelance writer, a popular media personality and executive producer, the Literary Agent Matchmaker™ and a respected book & business consultant in her business called “Your Book Is Your Hook!” She supports first-time writers and seasoned authors with the essentials to become a bestseller: a great project, a strong platform and a well-polished pitch, presentation and hook for their book. She educates and assists them with the writing, marketing and getting published processes (traditional with an agent, self-publishing and e-publishing) for their book ideas and projects as well as the building of their platform to raise their visibility to readers, the media, Hollywood and beyond. She also guides them with the steps to take their creative ideas to Hollywood film and television as well as Broadway theater. She has taught as a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York, as a speaker at writers conferences and for groups, run programs for New York Women in Film & Television and the Writers Guild of America East, and teaches online for writers’ resources such as Writers Digest, The Writers Store, and others. She also produces The Next Bestseller™ Weekend Workshop that provides exclusive access to industry professionals for 8 fortunate writers each year. www.YourBookIsYourHook.com
