Wordsmith Wednesdays: Elevator pitches, part 2

It’s our second episode of elevator pitches. To recap the first post:

We’ll focus on pitches for selling a manuscript to publishing professionals. Pitches should be limited to 25 words. The pitch should include most of the following: main character(s), inciting incident, conflict, actions toward a goal, and stakes.

Thank you to everyone who shared pitches last month for us to critique and understand. Today, I want to include some less...