Every year I tried to attend a wonderful writers’ symposium called Life the Universe and Everything. Here are some notes I took from a panel of author(s) who were guests at the symposium. Enjoy

–        Teasers need to have the setting for your book.

–        Teasers is a brief plot of your book. Without giving away the ending.

–        You usually only have the first eight lines of a teaser to convince someone to read your book as posted up on Amazon.

–        Your teaser knees to motivate a forward action that will interest the reader to be from the action of purchasing.

–        Teasers can also be used for pitch sessions to agents.

–        Some writer friends may be persuaded to tell their agents or publishers about your books. And that’s they may publish you.

–        A review or will tell their reaction to reading a book while a teaser persuades people to buy the book.

–        Items needed for teaser: inciting incident, character and action, conflict and hook.

–        Teasers and books need to depict conflict.

–        A hook persuades the reader to ask themselves what would happen next?

–        Ask yourself what it is about your universe that makes you want others to read your book.

–        A teaser. It may come from someone else other than the point of view characters.

–        If the action of the story is too late in the story that needs to be move forward. For buildup something else of represents a new action.

–        Write the pitch before you write your book.

–        After some write the book. They will then write the pitch again. First-time authors shouldn’t try comedy. Not recommended for first book.

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