A book blurb is that description those few sentences that you can find on the back of any book cover. He describes the main points of the novel and the story contained inside. One of the writer has committed his story to paper in the form of a novel, which may contain between 80,100 thousand words. They find it very difficult to create the book blurb, the description that describes what's happening inside the story without telling the story. For a new author, there are three things critical to initial sales. Of course, the book cover needs to be professional, well designed and appealing.
The title should be quite exciting and indicate the kind of struggles people are going to find within the pages. But the biggest factor far is the book blurb, the description we find on the rear cover. If the reader is not excited by this short description, then they won't buy the book. Even if the novel inside is brilliant, it's to no avail. If no one wants to read it, he just lays there and gathers dust. If you can master this skill, and advertise it in the right forums and the right marketplaces, your work will be in demand.
Except for a catchy title, and interesting cover design. The author's best chance of making a book sale is by hooking a browser with the blurb, the description on the rear of the book cover. The challenge is to capture the essence of the story, generate empathy for the hero, and also an emotional response all within 150 words. Let's begin. So who is the hero? give a brief outline, starting with his role in life?
Does he have a job? For example? How old is he? How would you describe their character? Of course, our characters are complex. But each of us has one or two characteristics that are stronger than the others.
Choose an interesting thing that the hero does, or that it's happened to him and amplified a little to make it interesting. characters don't exist in a vacuum, and someone reading the book cover. We want to know some basic information about the setting. Where are they? Where are they living? Describe the world the hero lives in.
Are they alive in the present time? Or in the past or the future? Exactly. Where are they located? either in this world, or on another planet? specify the city, the country if they're in the jungle or in a desert, get down to detail.
If the novel is set in a fantasy world, try to paint a picture of its reality. In just a few short words. What is the heroes normal lifelike? I stress normal because it's important to establish because conflict is going to be introduced when events will change his life dramatically. The heroes Should have great dreams and desires that are put in danger by someone or something, which will be the villain of the story. Describe the problem, which is what happens to turn the hero's world upside down.
What is the goal or the quest that they have committed themselves to? To make a great story, someone or something must stand in the way of the hero's dreams. Let the reader know what this is. And finally, the stakes of the hero not reaching his goal must be high and may include misery, banishment, loneliness, or even death. This kind of service is much in demand from self publishing authors. It's very difficult sometimes to step Back from your work from a novel that you've written, and write a concise description, the same that is required on the back of the book cover.
In the next video, I'm going to cover a small niche that is rapidly growing. This is the art of writing a query letter for someone who has written a movie script and is trying to sell it