Get paid to write a book

Now you’ve finished surveying the marketplace as it stands for your idea, take the time to write a brief report on what you’ve discovered. This report is for your own use. Do this right away when it’s all still fresh in your mind. It’s important to do this, because when you talk to your editor or agent, you’ll want to have all the information on the market situation handy. Your report doesn’t have to be long. A page will do.

Day Three: Write the blurb and outline your book
Day Three Tasks

Task One: Write at least three blurbs

Write at least three blurbs for your book: 200 words, 50 words, and 25 words. (See the sample blurbs in this chapter.)

Task Two: Collect sample blurbs

Blurbs sell books. Everyone from the publisher who initially buys the proposal, to the book store owner who stocks your book will decide whether they’re interested in your book based on the blurb alone.

Become a connoisseur of blurbs. Start your own blurb collection. Each time you see a blurb which you think is effective, copy it, and put it into your Blurb File.

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