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#CastPit is an online pitching event for authors on X and Bsky starting Nov. 13, 2025 6am PST. Hosted by @elisebetzbooks. For full rules, please visit: https://www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 3

Rules, Dates, Times, Hastags for #CastPit
REMEMBER, please use ALT for the visually impaired

#writerscommunity #querying #amquerying #onsub #drafting #published #Publisher #litagents #pitching #pitchevent #WritingCommmunity #agentedauthors #tradpub #amwriting #booktoscreen #writesky #bskywriters

#CastPit Rules 1/2
Use hashtags specific to your project (listed below rules) for audience and genre, including #CastPit.
Anyone can participate no matter the state of their WIP or finished manuscript.
To give agents and publishers an idea of the story, include a pitch of quick summary of your story in the post or included in the graphics.
You are allowed to like and repost posts.
Only post within the given date, Nov. 13, 2025, 6am for 24 hours to Nov. 14, 2025, 6am Pacific Standard Time (World times on another slide)

#CastPit Hashtags
MANDATORY HASHTAGS
#CastPit (everyone must use in every post)
#W (for works-in-progress, includes drafting)
#Q (for querying writers)
#AG (for agented writers)
#OS (for on-submission writers)
#PUB (for published writers)

AUDIENCE HASHTAGS
#A (adult)
#NA (new adult)
#YA (young adult)
#MG (middle grade)
#CL (children's literature)
#PB (picture books)

GENRE HASHTAGS
#SF (science fiction)
#F (fantasy)
#SFF (science fiction fantasy)
#DF (dark fantasy)
#FH (fantasy historical)
#SPF (speculative fiction)
#M (mystery)
#H (horror)
#T (thriller)
#R (romance)
#DR (dark romance)
#PR (paranormal romance)
#RF (romantacy)
#RC (rom-com)
#HR (historical romance)
#C (contemporary)
#CO (comedy)
#FT (fairytale retelling)
#HF (historical fiction)
#NF (non-fiction)
#P (poetry)

Feel free to add in any additional hashtags of your
own or you think are missing from this list

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · 2d

Start casting characters and a director for your novel if it were to be brought to the big or small screen, live actors or animation, a movie or a series?
#CastPit

Full rules at:
www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit

#writingcommunity #writerscommunity #bskywriters #amwriting #amquerying #amdrafting

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Text: One month until #Castpit
November 13, 2025
X & Bsky: @castpitt4authors
Full rules at https://www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit
Start your character casting now!

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 10

Angelina Chamberlain (angie3tomatoes on Instagram) created a wonderful post casting her characters and listing suggested actors. Here is another example of how to post for #CastPit

I highly recommend you check it out.
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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 5

Example #2 for Animation screen adaptation

Does your book fit better if animated? Cast your voice & animation style: Ghibli, early Pixar, 1950's Warner Bros Looney Toons, etc.

#CastPit #Q #C #F #R #FT #A
Pink Pony Dancer

Fairytale Retelling with an adult twist
Unhinged Satire
HEA with a wedding

Pink & yellow background
Photo of Pink My Littl Pony, an anime girl witht pink hair and photo of Emmy Rossum
Text:
Princess Twinkle Hooves/Trixie
voiced by Emmy Rossum
Best singer in Ponyland, she wishes to visit the human world. After one trip where she falls in love with a human, she gives up her voice to return, but becomes a dancer at a strip club to win the heart of the human that stole hers

Image of Flynn Rider and photo of Kaiji Tang
Text: Travis Goodman
voiced by Kaiji Tang
After meeting Trixie, who ensnared him with her beautiful voice, a struggling musician searches all over Los Angeles for the woman with the voice of an angel. Just when he’s about to give up, he find his muse who is now mute.

Pink & yellow background
Image of a demon horse and photo of Harvey Fierstein

Text: Vexana, The Witch Mare
voiced by Harvey Fierstein
Vexana is jealous of Princess Twinkle Hooves voice, taking it as payment for her to return to the human world. Learning how in the human world she is the center of all men’s desires, Vexana wants her dancing abilities too

Image of Moe from Simpsons and photo of Jason Isaacs
Text: Merv Smudgely
voiced by Jason Isaacs
Greedy, unctious strip club owner will interfere to keep Trixie and Travis apart, so he can keep his best stripper dancing and raking in the big bucks, drawing in rich celebrities who all are enchanted by the mute dancer

Pink and yellow background
Image of a black female cartoon character and photo of Mia Bankston

Text: Norma Malmerd
voiced by Mia Bankston
Trixie’s landlady and kind lady who takes her in and helps her out. A former dancer and stripper herself, she teaches Trixie all her best movies and introduces her to Merv, who she once was in love with
25 years ago

Image of Goth young woman cartoon character and photo of Mae Whitman
Amber DeLeuge
voiced by Mae Whitman
Trixie’s best friend in the human world, who observes as Trixie falls into a dumperster in a back alley from the sky, meeting Trixie for the first time after she has lost her voice. She helps her adjust to the human world, along with introducing her to Norma

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 5

Here is an example of how to show your casting choices for your book. You can do a mood board or a reel as well.

#CastPit #W #C #RC #A
Sucks To Be You
❤️🔺Love Triangle
🔥👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Second Chance Love
🤧😭☠️Rom-Com with Tear-Jerker Character Death

The Cooler X Penelope

#RyanGosling

(Green background)
Text:
Sucks To Be You, Lead Cast
(Photo of Ryan Gosling)
Ryan Gosling as billionaire John Craveston,early 40's, cold and heartless businessman who uses Lily’s bad luck to sabotage his business competitors, but eventually falls for Lily

(Photo of Laura Morano)
Laura Morano as bad-luck cursed Lily Higgins, 32 years old who keeps her heart on a shelf, plays temptress for money, still pines for mining town high school sweetheart, Jimmy

(Photo of Ross Lynch)
Ross Lynch as James “Jimmy” McAngus, 33 years old, Lily’s high school sweettheart who is now rich and Craventson’s latest target to bankrupt. Ultimate cinnamon roll & romantic who falls for Lily a second time

(green background)
Text:
Supporting Cast
(photo of Cathy Moriarty)
Cathy Moriarty as Rita Carlton, Craveston’s Executive Assistant, in her 50's or 60's, very business savvy, sometimes plays John’s conscience when he has none, shrewd, pulls no punches

(photo of Charles Melton)
Charles Melton as a Robert Davis, Lily’s gay best friend. Close to Lily’s age. Acts as Lily’s stylist and informal shrink. Taught her all her tricks to seduce men as part of her job.

(photo of Anya Taylor-Joy)
Anya Taylor-Joy as Jimmy’s mother, when he is 17 in high school. She is known as the “town witch” and curses Lily after she breaks her son’s heart, dumping him over the fact he is a poor boy who will likely be a poor coal miner after graduating from high school

(green background)
Text:
Supporting Cast

(photo of Cailee Spaeny)
Cailee Spaeny as Lily’s mother, in her mid thirties when Lily is 17, but has lead a hard life. Widowed, bitter and struggling with little work opportunities in mining town. Encourages Lily to marry for money, trying to convince her she will be happier

(Photo of female silhouette with question mark)
Unknown - someone who can pass for a teenage version
as teenage Lily. A hopeful romantic in love with Jimmy, but equally decimated over her father’s recent death from lung cancer. Unable to bear the idea of becoming like her mother, pushes Jimmy away so she never grows to resent him, like her mother does with her father, leaving them to fend for themselves after his death

(Male head with question mark)
Unknown - someone who can pass for a teenage version
as teenage Jimmy. He is heartbroken after Lily pushes him away, thinking it is only about money. He is driven to go to college and becomes rich one day & win Lily back.

(green background)
Text:
Director & Storyline
Two choices: Tie between
(photo of Mark Palansky and one of Nancy Meyers)
Mark Palansky
Director of “Penelope” (2006)

Nancy Meyers
Director of "The Holiday" (2006)

In a West Virginia coal town, Lily dumps her high school sweetheart, Jimmy - breaking his heart, afraid she will wind up a poor widow of a coal miner like her mother. Jimmy’s mother, a witch, curses Lily that any man she becomes romantically involved with will lose his money. 14 years later, heartless businessman, John Cravenston uses Lily’s curse to his financial advantage having Lily romantically ensnare business rivals so he can take over their companies and/or ruin them. Jimmy, now rich, is John’s new business target. Eventually, even John isn’t immune to Lily’s charms.

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 3

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hello #writerscommunity
There is a new pitch event, #CastPit, happening Nov. 13, 2025.

#amwriting #writerslife #writesky #bskywriters #writinganovel #pitching #querying #amquerying #onsub

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#CastPit

#CastPit is an online pitching event for authors to promote their books at any stage, from published to work in progress - yes, even drafting phase. The main purpose of this pitching event is for you, the author, to give literary agents, publishers, and potential readers, a chance to see inside your mind and envision who your best pick to play your characters would be if your book was turned into a TV series or movie. For us visually oriented people, it helps us imagine your characters better. If your book would be better suited to anime/animation, you can pick an animation style/production house and voice actor for your characters. If you include a director, include a movie they directed that makes you list them. You can even include composers, cinematographers and costume designers. Anyone you feel would be essential to bring the vision of your book properly to the big or small screen.

This is a new event, so be creative and have fun with it. You don't have to follow the examples below, using the Agent's Guide style, but a jumping off point. You can even do mood boards with your actors, just be sure to list the actor's name and the character they would play.

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#CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 2

WELCOME TO #CastPit
This is an online pitching event that will begin at 6am Pacific Standard Time, Thursday, November 13, 2025.
This is an inaugural event for #CastPit.
All stages of works welcome.

For full set of rules, please visit the host's web site:
www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit

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