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YOUR BOOK IN ONE SENTENCE

By: Mooderino

When someone asks you what your book is about, it can be a very difficult thing to sum up in a line or two.

Even after you’ve finished it, capturing the essence in a way that does it justice can be more frustrating than writing it in the first place. I usually end up rambling like I have no idea what I’m talking about.

Not only would it be very handy in social situations, but also professionally. A clear concise way to tell people about the book in a way that lets them know what it’s about, but also hooks their interest in some way.

So how do you do that?

Read the full article HERE!

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:

1. Three Ways to Attract and Engage Your Readers - Where Writers Win http://ow.ly/zaAL7
2. Fiction University: Rhythm of the Words: Voice in Dialog http://ow.ly/zaDs1
3. Point of view shifts and head-hopping: always bad? | Nail Your Novel http://ow.ly/zaD
4. Four Steps to Becoming a God(dess) of Literary Elements | Absolute Write http://ow.ly/zaEjg
5. Creating The Perfect Predator: Tricks of the Trade from a Forensic Psychologist by Mary Kennedy http://ow.ly/zaEtV
6. Anne R. Allen's Blog: What Defines "Traditional" Publishing? What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You. http://ow.ly/zaEIN
7. A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Amazon-Hachette: The Sounds of Silence - A Guest Post by William Ockham http://ow.ly/zaEMC
8. 3 Steps to Taking Your Character Further and Deeper With...Anger? | WRITERS HELPING WRITERSWRITERS HELPING WRITERS http://ow.ly/zaEWB
9. From the Write Angle: The Difference Between a Hook and an Elevator Pitch http://ow.ly/zaFEP
10. Your Book In One Sentence http://ow.ly/zaFIm
11. Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 31: One-Dimensional Conflict - Helping Writers Become Authors http://ow.ly/zaFNW
12. Fiction University: Having Trouble Plotting Forward? Try Plotting Backward http://ow.ly/zaFRP
13. 15 Questions Authors Should Ask Characters - Writers Write http://ow.ly/zaFWa
14. The Top 5 Free Apps that Help You Write Your Novel | Wise Ink's Blog for Indie Authors about Self-Publishing http://ow.ly/zaG8l
15. The Backstory Battle - Writers Write http://ow.ly/zaGfk
16. 10 Tips for Writing a Book http://ow.ly/zaGiX
17. Making Characters Face Their Demons http://ow.ly/zaGmV
18. The Goldilocks Approach To Writing Description: Not Too Little, Not Too Much - Writer's Relief, Inc. http://ow.ly/zaGq6
19. Martha Alderson aka Plot Whisperer: Cause and Effect Scene by Scene http://ow.ly/zaGuY
20. The Keys to Good Science Fiction & Fantasy Storytelling - WritersDigest.com http://ow.ly/zaGzb
21. Life, Plot, Story http://ow.ly/zaGBI
22. The Kill Zone: Your Brain when Writing http://ow.ly/zaGDK
23. 6 Steps to Balance Your Editing: Plot vs. Characters | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author http://ow.ly/zaGGX
24. Pacing in Writing | WordServe Water Cooler http://ow.ly/zaGJX
25. 7 Tools to Hook Your Reader http://ow.ly/zaGLZ
26. Babbles from Scott Eagan: Don;t Be Afraid To Let Your Characters Talk - Understanding Introspection http://ow.ly/zaHyx
27. 5 Basic Literary Devices That Will Deepen Your Fiction - Helping Writers Become Authors http://ow.ly/zaHCd
28. Favorite Stories: Reading vs. Writing | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author http://ow.ly/zcc1x
29. Are There 5 Reasons to Stick With Major Publishers? No, There Are Zero Reasons | Michael Levin http://ow.ly/zccv0

Happy writing and running, Kathy