Comments on: Platform talk http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/platform-talk/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Kevin A. Lewis http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/platform-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-46187 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:41:56 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=13030#comment-46187 Excellent point; \”platforming\” is a lot more important for non-fiction projects than fiction-let us briefly recall the desperate 9 Steps dad in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE-and as always Eric Smith does a great job of debunking a lot of the popular superstitions regarding social media as a turnstile pole vaulting tool for writers. (Waste of his time, of course-rather like explaining that that gluten allergies only affect a microscopic cross-section and that wheat protein\’s good for you) A writer\’s job is to separate the pay dirt from the river gravel and hope any reps and eds who see it know how to do the same. Obsessing over how many Twitter followers are out there is a good way to throw away more gold than you recover….

]]> By: Eric Steinberg http://www.dystel.com/blog/2016/08/platform-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-46183 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:08:14 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=13030#comment-46183 It’s unclear, at least to me, to what extent you’re referring to non-fiction or fiction writers. It’s my understanding that platform is nearly everything for non-fiction.

But how do you weight platform and novel when deciding whether to represent a debut fiction author?

Thanks!

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