{"id":6517,"date":"2017-02-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T19:51:09","slug":"how-movie-trailers-can-help-you-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/how-movie-trailers-can-help-you-write\/","title":{"rendered":"How Movie Trailers Can Help You Write Back Cover Copies"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nHave you ever read a back cover copy (also known as a blurb) and thought that’s not like how the book is at all, that spoils most of the book, or the copy really tells me nothing about the plot? I bet you’ve thought that about movie trailers, too.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nBack cover copies are the three paragraphs-ish (around 250 words) of text on the back of a novel or on the inside jacket sleeve. This is what people normally read when they’re debating on purchasing a book. These are very handy for one sheets, book proposals, and queries. Back cover copies need to answer these eight questions:<\/span><\/div>\n
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