Many people are spending their quarantine hours applying for fellowships, grants, and awards that can help them on the other side of this pandemic. What's one tough question almost every application has?
The dreaded self-pitch.
Whether on the phone, in person, or on Zoom, pitching and pitching YOURSELF is incredibly important.
The problem?
Many new writers, and even seasoned writers, struggle with how to pitch their point of view.
Articulating why we have something unique to say is never easy to do.
A general fall back is to say "let the writing do the talking" but that doesn't always work. Especially when you legitimately have to pitch yourself.
But lucky for us, writer @LucasBrownEyes began a thread on Twitter about that very subject, and it can really help.