The Essential Blurb Framework

You wrote a story you're proud of. Maybe it's complete and you're indie publishing it or you're still working on it and want to get some feedback.

So, you upload your story and...

Crickets.

Actually, crickets would be an improvement over the vast emptiness that is your reader base for this story.

The painful truth is we judge books by their covers and blurbs. The even more painful truth is that someone reading your blurb is looking for a reason NOT to read your book.

We have endless choices in entertainment. We can’t read everything we’d like, so we need a way to reduce our options and pick something from the millions of options.

The moment your blurb gives us a reason to pause, we move on. After all, millions of other books are waiting that might make us feel something other than boredom.

It’s harsh, we know.

But you learned to write a book, you can learn to write a blurb that makes readers think, I MUST know what happens next. A blurb that excites them for your first page, inspires them to add your story to their TBR, or even better, to start reading right now.

Give us an hour and we'll show you how with...

The Essential Blurb Framework: the simple-to-learn (but hard to master) method of writing blurbs that get readers excited to open your book even if they've never heard of you before.

Blurbs that follow this format are used everywhere from bestsellers to Wattpad stories. Best of all, it only takes 6 steps to create a blurb that gets people to care when they're actively trying not to.

With The Essential Blurb Framework, you’ll learn:

• What many new writers get wrong about blurbs.
• The four ways to hook a reader with your first line.
• The trick that makes readers think: I need to know what happens in this story!
• How to find the right readers for your story (not everyone should read your book!).
• How to end a blurb to encourage people to start reading immediately.
• How to master blurbs for single POV AND multiple POV stories.

You'll also get a set of templates to help you write your own irresistible blurbs.

The Essential Blurb Framework is available for instant download as a  PDF or a screen reader friendly Word Doc.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to see a flip-through of the PDF!

Imagine someone browsing books on their phone, only half paying attention. They stumble on yours, read the first line of your blurb, and feel a pang of excitement, worry, or love.

They keep reading, each line making them think, holy shit, what happens next? When they reach the end, they tap to open or buy your book because they just have to keep reading your story.