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I Have Been Having Fun With Sales Copy…
One Thing to Teach It… Another To Write it… So see what you think of the sales copuy I just wrote for four thrillers that will be in an upcoming Kickstarter, Here is the sales copy and the covers. To see the promtions page on the Four Thrillers Kickstarter, just go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/403649867/four-thrillers?ref=31yju9 HAWK RUN Evil organizations. Hidden ancient secrets. Men who would kill him without a second thought. Hawk must fight through them all. Forced to survive against all odds to find his kidnapped father. An adventure that takes Hawk into places no one dared enter before. In this page-turning novel, New York Times bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith…
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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…