Today’s blog post is a REBLOG from my friend and author K. M. Allan. Her article on Writing Book Blurbs was so brilliant I just had to share it.
I had planned to write an article on this myself but I thought, why? This is SO much better than anything I could have written. Enjoy!
Any writer who’s had to write a query or a synopsis for a submission knows how hard it can be.
Trying to boil the essence of your carefully crafted story to a few paragraphs, or a page seems like the hardest thing ever.
I’m here to tell you it’s not. And that’s because there’s a greater horror: a book blurb.
A book blurb, or the book jacket description, summarizes the best part of your book in only 150 words (yep! one hundred and fifty).
If you’re wondering how to do that and where to start, it involves penning multiple drafts, lots of cutting, losing your sanity, and planning your blurb with the help of these steps.
Writing A Book Blurb In 4 Easy Steps
Step 1:Add A Tag-Line
Open with one catchy line, a question, or a hook.
Step 2:Introduce Your Main Character
Put their name, age…
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Blurbs… my mortal enemies 😂
Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure, Yari. I am exactly the same… I HATE blurbs and I just feel like all my creative ability flies out the window when I have to write one.