Ep349 The Bestseller Experiment Katie Khan

Katie Khan is the author of the bestsellers Hold Back the Stars and The Light Between Us, and now she’s a tutor at the Novelry, bringing her experience from both the film world and the book world to her students. Katie talks about inspirational teachers, writing around a day job, how getting feedback too soon can be counterproductive, and the lessons she’s learned from working with the likes of Paramount and Warner Bros.

In this episode you will discover:

- How a grey X-meets-Y pitch can help sell your book.
- What happens when you see similar ideas to yours already out there...
- And how Katie thinks of story as a “chain of visuals”.

Links:

- The trailer for Mr Stay’s new film Unwelcome: https://youtu.be/vQCAgCKQ5WY
- The new date for Mr Stay’s event with Ben Aaronovitch: https://www.waterstones.com/events/ben-aaronovitch/canterbury-rose-lane
- The new date for Mr Stay’s ‘How to get published’ event on the Canterbury Fringe: https://www.rockpaperscissors.co.uk/collections/rock-paper-scissors-experiences/products/author-event-publish-or-self-publish
- Katie’s website: https://katiekhan.com/about
- SPOTLIGHT: Mark Hood: https://markhoodauthor.com/
- Mark Hood’s Academy All Stars episode: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/academy-all-stars-mark-hood/
- The Everyday Kindness Book: https://linktr.ee/EverydayKindness
- THE BESTSELLER ACADEMY: bestsellerexperiment.com/academy
- Buy Mr Stay’s new book Babes in the Wood here: https://linktr.ee/WitchesOfWoodville
- Sign up to the 200 Word A Day Challenge here: 200wordchallenge.com
- Here’s the 200 Word A Day Word Bank: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/bxp2020-word-count/
- Support us on Patreon and join our exclusive Facebook Group: https://www.patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment
- Buy Back to Reality: http://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality/
- Back to Reality is now available on Audible!
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