What to include in a graphic novel pitch pack...

Vicente, M. (2023) What to include in a graphic novel pitch package, Maria Vicente, Literary Agent. Maria Vicente, Literary Agent. Available at: https://www.mariavicente.com/blog/graphic-novel-pitch-package (Accessed: March 6, 2023).


Title Page

Overview

Start with a short one or two sentence pitch of the overall concept (sometimes referred to as an “elevator pitch”). After that, move on to a longer description of what the story is about. Model this off of the back cover copy on published books—you don’t want to give away everything about the plot here, just provide a description that makes people want to read the pages. 

About the Creator(s)

Character (+Setting) Descriptions

Sample Pages

Sample Script

Aim for 50 comic pages, the script broken into panels for each page. We want to imagine the story in the way it will appear in the printed book. 
 

Synopsis

The final section is a synopsis: an outline of the entire story. Your synopsis should be written in paragraph form (not bullet points), and it is usually 1-3 pages long. Tell us what happens in the book! This is so important when there isn’t a full script to evaluate. We need to know where the story is going and how it’s going to get there. This is the place where you can spoil the ending. If a plot point is missing in the synopsis, then we’re simply not going to know about it.

 

 

 

 

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