I’ve been in a creative frenzy lately. I’m closing in on the end of Fains I, and if I were a tailor I’d have half a dozen suits done by now.
Part of my work when approaching the close of a novel-length work-in-progress is making all the threads/plotlines resolve satisfactorily.
If you’ve read my work (and you should, you know), you know I love complex, multi-threaded plot lines.
I spoke with some readers over the past few weeks, and it turns out that’s one of the draws of my books; their complexity. I write submersive stories (I do work at it) because I enjoy reading such work.
But this experiment in writing isn’t about my work-in-progress, it’s about marketing both existing work and soon-to-be-released work.
Case in point, this experiment is based on my putting together a blurb for Empty Sky, finding an excellent example of blurb/pitch writing in When the Tides Held the Moon, and applying basic Pitch structure to see if I could duplicate it (or even come close).
The basic pitch structure is above. Stay with me while I explore what makes When the Tides Held the Moon’ work so well (and feel free to disagree. Let me know in a comment).
Think I’m onto something? Take a class with me, schedule a critique of your work, or buy me a coffee.
Think I’m an idiot? Let me know in a comment.
Either way, we’ll both learn something.
Get copies of my books because it’s a nice thing to do, you care, you can follow along, and I need the money.
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