How do you make your work more commercial–and why is commercial the trend right now?
Join agent Alyssa Jennette (Stonesong Literary) as we talk about:
1) Why is commercial trending right now?
2) What can ALL genres (including literary) do to appeal to readers in this moment?
3) Why you should focus revision efforts on stakes, character, payoff and more to make your commercial and literary works more
4) Why literary and upmarket writers don’t need to panic.
This is part of a larger podcast episode (15 minutes) coming soon.
Meet Alyssa here: manuscriptacademy.com/faculty-member…lyssa-jennette
Video clip of this episode here: youtu.be/F8wl9mwyc9k?si=Tg-lfxW2dBC6CpxR
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