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How to Write Fiction Sales Copy: Chapter Nine (Last)
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY CHAPTER NINE (Summary. This book is coming about because I need to write 32 story blurbs for the 32 short stories I wrote in July for a book titled Stories from July.) In the first chapter of this book, I touched on what I call “The Author Problem” and gave a basic formula that I sometimes use to give blurbs a structure. And in chapter two I laid out another formula for writing blurbs. In the third chapter I talked about a method Lee Allred uses. In the fourth chapter I talked about the idea that sometimes using first lines can help. In the fifth chapter, I…
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How to Write Fiction Sales Copy: Chapter Eight
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY CHAPTER EIGHT (Summary. This book is coming about because I need to write 32 story blurbs for the 32 short stories I wrote in July for a book titled Stories from July.) In the first chapter of this book, I touched on what I call “The Author Problem” and gave a basic formula that I sometimes use to give blurbs a structure. And in chapter two I laid out another formula for writing blurbs. In the third chapter I talked about a method Lee Allred uses. In the fourth chapter I talked about the idea that sometimes using first lines can help. In the fifth chapter, I…
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How To Write Fiction Sales Copy: Chapter Seven
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY CHAPTER SEVEN (Summary. This book is coming about because I need to write 32 story blurbs for the 32 short stories I wrote in July for a book titled Stories from July.) In the first chapter of this book, I touched on what I call “The Author Problem” and gave a basic formula that I sometimes use to give blurbs a structure. And in chapter two I laid out another formula for writing blurbs. In the third chapter I talked about a method Lee Allred uses. In the fourth chapter I talked about the idea that sometimes using first lines can help. In the fifth chapter, I…
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How To Write Fiction Sales Copy: Chapter Six
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY CHAPTER SIX (Summary. This book is coming about because I need to write 32 story blurbs for the 32 short stories I wrote in July for a book titled Stories from July.) In the first chapter of this book, I touched on what I call “The Author Problem” and gave a basic formula that I sometimes use to give blurbs a structure. And in chapter two I laid out another formula for writing blurbs. In the third chapter I talked about a method Lee Allred uses. In the fourth chapter I talked about the idea that sometimes using first lines can help. In the fifth chapter,…
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How to Write Fiction Sales Copy: Chapter Five
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY CHAPTER FIVE (Summary. This book is coming about because I need to write 32 story blurbs for the 32 short stories I wrote in July for a book titled Stories from July.) In the first chapter of this book, I touched on what I call “The Author Problem” and gave a basic formula that I sometimes use to give blurbs a structure. And in chapter two I laid out another formula for writing blurbs. In the third chapter I talked about a method Lee Allred uses. In the fourth chapter I talked about the idea that sometimes using first lines can help. So now on to more…
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How to Write Fiction Sales Copy: Chapter Four
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY CHAPTER FOUR (Summary. This book is coming about because I need to write 32 story blurbs for the 32 short stories I wrote in July for a book titled Stories from July.) In the first chapter of this book, I touched on what I call “The Author Problem” and gave a basic formula that I sometimes use to give blurbs a structure. And in chapter two I laid out another formula for writing blurbs. And in the third chapter I talked about a method Lee Allred uses. This chapter I want to note that sometimes you can use varied versions of first lines from your story in…
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How to Write Fiction Sales Copy: Chapter Two
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY CHAPTER TWO (Summary. This book is coming about because I need to write 32 story blurbs for the 32 short stories I wrote in July for a book titled Stories from July.) In the first chapter of this book, I touched on what I call “The Author Problem” and gave a basic formula that I sometimes use to give blurbs a structure. One point right now before I jump down into more of these. I got a question from two people privately, wondering where I would use these blurbs exactly. So here is exactly how I plan to use all of these. — Introduction to each…
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How to Write Fiction Sales Copy: Introduction and Chapter One
HOW TO WRITE FICTION SALES COPY INTRODUCTION In July of 2015, I managed to write one short story a day. Actually had one extra, so ended up with 32 stories. I did a cover for all of those stories as well, usually the next day. My goal seemed simple on the surface: — Write 31 or 32 short stories. — Put them all in a book titled Stories from July. — Later publish all of them as stand-alone stories in electronic and paper. — Also put each story in my monthly magazine (Smith’s Monthly) one or two a month, mixed with other stories and new novels. — Include the stories in theme…