Welcome to Writing with Suzie
Your last building block -- your proposal!
Objectives for Course #5: Creating a powerful proposal that $ells
A few instructions before you begin
Instructions: Downloadable Documents
Proposal Formatting Guidelines
Blank Proposal #1
Sample Proposal #2: Proposal that netted a contract - JoyKeeper
What is a proposal?
Summary: What is a proposal?
Who should write a proposal?
Summary: Who should write a proposal?
Instructions: Parts of a Proposal
Parts of a Proposal: Synopsis
Parts of a Proposal: Overview
Parts of a Proposal: Benefits and Promise Statements
Parts of a proposal: Audience
Parts of a proposal: Format, genre, and extras
Assignment: Realigning with your reader
Parts of a proposal: Bio
Parts of a proposal: Comparative Analysis
Parts of a Proposal: Marketing #1 (a pep talk)
Parts of a Proposal: 7 potential marketing points
Parts of a proposal: Marketing - Endorsements
Potential endorsements: Marketing - Endorsements What not to do
Parts of a proposal: Your chapter-by-chapter outline
Checklist
A word from Suzie
Proposal: Sample Chapters
Formatting your chapters
Example: Sample Chapters - Come With Me
Checklist: Sample Chapters
Submitting Your Proposal: 3 Things You Need to Do
Summary: 3 things you need to do
Example: Online form from a publishing house (as referenced in 3 things you need to do)
Interview with Kim Bangs, Acquisitions Editor - Baker Books (Chosen)
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