Writing a Blurb

 I must confess. I can write an 100K word novel and struggle for days to come up with a 100 word back of the book blurb that will hook a reader.

It's tough to barrow down a story to two paragraphs of less than 100 words total. My press keeps shortening how long our blurbs can be and I could at times pull my hair out by the roots. At one time they allowed longer blurbs and that seemed easier. 

So what is needed in a blurb?

Introduce the story in a couple of sentences. Describe the hero/heroine and their GMC. Yes who are they? What do they want? Why do they want it? What is in the way? For starters. Who are they at the beginning of the story. And later how they will change. 

What is the story arc? What will happen from scene one through the ending? But don't give everything away in the blurb like you would Ina synopsis. Spell out the conflict that will be faced but maybe not the results of the ending. It's OK to toss in a sentence or two about the bad guy so you can up the stakes. 

What you want is a reader hooked based on what you wrote. Something that has ghe best words in the least number that rattles them to want to know more. That is what sells books. 

So read up on how to write a blurb and also make sure of what your house wants in a blurb. 

Onward.