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The problem with writing your own blurb:

You know your book too well.

That's the curse. When you've lived inside a story for months, every subplot feels essential. Every side character feels like they deserve a mention. The magic system has rules, and the rules have exceptions, and the exceptions have a tragic backstory.

So you either cram it all in and end up with something that reads like a plot summary for a school report.

Or you panic, strip it all out, and end up with "A woman must face her past to save her future." Which describes roughly every book ever written.

And then the little voice shows up at night. The one that says, "Maybe nobody's buying because the blurb is bad."

With The Fiction Blurb Blueprint, you can sort out what goes in your description without staring at a blank page hoping inspiration strolls in. You can skip the guessing about which plot points matter to a reader and which ones only matter to you.

And you can stop copying the blurbs of bestsellers in your genre and wondering why yours still sounds like a tax form.

It still works even if you hate writing blurbs with the heat of a thousand suns. It works even if your book is the first in a series, or a standalone, or something your genre hasn't quite decided what to do with yet.

And it works even if you've already written six versions of your description and they're all sitting in a document called "BLURB FINAL final v3."

So what is it, exactly?

The Fiction Blurb Blueprint is a 10-page, 40-question worksheet that walks you through figuring out which details to include in your book description.

It's a bit of an unusual approach. Most blurb advice starts with the writing part. This starts one step earlier, with the deciding part, which is where most authors actually get stuck.

You answer the questions. You end up with a clear, organized pile of the details that matter. Then writing the blurb becomes a matter of putting those pieces in order.

You can do what I did...

You could figure all this out yourself.

I wrote thousands of blurbs to get to this point. I poured countless hours into trial-and-error, studying bestsellers and wading through client briefs, thinking about the best questions to ask.

It's doable. It just takes a while, and you'd probably rather spend that time writing your next book.

...Or you can grab the shortcut.

The Fiction Blurb Blueprint puts the whole process in one place. Ten pages. Forty questions. You answer them, and you come out the other side knowing what belongs in your description.

You can use it even if you've never written a blurb before. You can use it even if you've written forty and liked none of them.

Here are 5 things you'll find inside:

• A customizable template with 40+ questions to help you uncover essential ingredients for your blurb

• Identify must-know details about your protagonist, story stakes, conflict, escalation, and more (leave these out and your blurb will fall flat!)

• Learn the secret ingredient for turning any story premise into a hook that readers can’t ignore

• Find your dream reader and make sure your blurb speaks to them, no matter your genre

• Dozens of examples and tips to sidestep common blurb mistakes that cost you sales

Don't let the size fool you.

Ten pages sounds small. And it is, physically. You could fold it into a paper airplane if you were feeling dramatic.

But those 40 questions are deliberate. Each one is there to pull out a specific piece of what makes your story worth reading. It's one simple shortcut to knowing exactly what your blurb needs.

So how much is it?

The Fiction Blurb Blueprint is $19.00.

Not sure it's worth a measly $19?

Fair. You've been burned by "helpful" author resources before. Here's what you're getting for it:

• A clear way to stop cramming your whole plot into the description

• Questions that help you find the hook you already wrote but didn't realize was a hook

• A worksheet you can reuse for every book you publish from here on out, so you're not starting from scratch each time

• Somewhere sensible to start when the blank page is glaring at you

Why is it only $19?

Because it's a worksheet, and I priced it like one.

There's no hour-long video series and no membership you'll forget to cancel. It's 40 good questions on 10 pages. I'd much rather it end up in the hands of a lot of authors who need it than charge course prices for something you can use this afternoon.

Put it this way...

$19 is less than you'd pay for a couple of proof copies once the shipping fees get their claws in. And a proof copy only tells you your margins are wonky. This helps you sort out the words that convince someone to buy the book in the first place.

Also, your book is sitting there right now with a blurb you're not happy with. Every day it stays that way is another day readers skim past it.

A small warning:

You're going to make mistakes with your blurb. Everyone does. You'll overexplain, or underexplain, or accidentally make your villain sound like the hero.

I've made all of those, more than once. This worksheet is what I'd hand my past self if I could, along with a strongly worded note.

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Your story already has a great blurb inside it. Let's go get it out.

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