Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Genre families · Working

Coming-of-age

Also called: bildungsroman

ELI5

A story centred on a young or changing person's movement toward a new understanding of self and world.

Used in conversation

“Can we make the coming-of-age more specific in the pitch?”

Pitch context

Use this when explaining how the story works on the page or across the finished screen experience.

Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.

Sources & evidence · 6

Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.