X meets Y
In the world of publishing one of the ways to pitch a book is to give the shorthand version of it. Which is the X meets Y scenario.
Something like, Surf 'n Turf is Jaws meets City Slickers. Yes, that's really a horrible example, but from the title and the reference to Jaws and City Slickers the potential reader, usually an agent or editor gets a complete feel for this new book.
For the X meets Y tagline to work, both X and Y must be cultural icons.
A generic tagline for chick-lit (the books, not the gum) would be Pride and Prejudice meets Lucielle Ball. Yes, I know this is a broad generalization, but for the readers of this blog who have never read a chick-lit book, they'll have a basic understanding of the genre with those two references.
My current WIP (work in progress) has a perfect X meets Y tagline. Well, it does except for one small problem. People either know and love the X portion of it, or they've never heard of the X portion.
So, this is a plea to all my readers. September 13th is the new season for House. It's a Fox show and it kicks ass. Seriously. It's the only show I know I'll watch this next season. The tagline for it would be Sherlock Holmes meets ER. It's smart television, so obviously the ER reference is to when ER was still smart television. Watch House. Make it a household word. That way I can use my wonderful X meets Y pitch for my WIP and agents and editors will know exactly what it's about.
If you watch the show and like it, tell your friends. Let's make House a cultural icon.
Good morning, John.
Something like, Surf 'n Turf is Jaws meets City Slickers. Yes, that's really a horrible example, but from the title and the reference to Jaws and City Slickers the potential reader, usually an agent or editor gets a complete feel for this new book.
For the X meets Y tagline to work, both X and Y must be cultural icons.
A generic tagline for chick-lit (the books, not the gum) would be Pride and Prejudice meets Lucielle Ball. Yes, I know this is a broad generalization, but for the readers of this blog who have never read a chick-lit book, they'll have a basic understanding of the genre with those two references.
My current WIP (work in progress) has a perfect X meets Y tagline. Well, it does except for one small problem. People either know and love the X portion of it, or they've never heard of the X portion.
So, this is a plea to all my readers. September 13th is the new season for House. It's a Fox show and it kicks ass. Seriously. It's the only show I know I'll watch this next season. The tagline for it would be Sherlock Holmes meets ER. It's smart television, so obviously the ER reference is to when ER was still smart television. Watch House. Make it a household word. That way I can use my wonderful X meets Y pitch for my WIP and agents and editors will know exactly what it's about.
If you watch the show and like it, tell your friends. Let's make House a cultural icon.
Good morning, John.
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