This post is part of Just Jot it January and my weekly prompt, Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Find the prompt and see how you can join in HERE.
So I can write a novel of 50,000 words. I’ve even written one of 300,000 words.
But to create a tagline for one of those novels?
To boil the story down in a nutshell?
So very hard.
It’s easier to write the novel.
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January 26, 2024 at 6:57 am
I always want to use ALL the words…so staying short and concise is really, really hard!
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January 26, 2024 at 6:24 pm
It’s true!
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January 23, 2024 at 1:39 pm
Taglines, blurbs, synopses…. SO HARD! Titles are pretty easy for me to come up with. They aren’t always GOOD titles, but I come up with them.
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January 24, 2024 at 6:59 pm
Ugh. I wish I could come up with titles. So much pressure!
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January 21, 2024 at 8:36 am
Titles are hardest for me…but that’s just a post. Never have I ever written a book.
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January 21, 2024 at 8:58 am
Book titles are definitely the second-hardest part for me. And yet I find blog post titles easy. Go figure!
By the way, there are still two spots left on the prompt-me post if you want to get your word in. 🙂 https://lindaghill.com/2024/01/17/prompt-me-part-2-of-2-jusjojan-2024/
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January 21, 2024 at 9:05 am
I sent you be already. 😃
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January 21, 2024 at 11:41 am
But … but … it needs to be official! Just comment on the post to get your date. 🙂
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January 21, 2024 at 12:05 pm
I’ll try to find it again.
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January 22, 2024 at 9:15 am
I added a link to my first reply to your comment, but you probably have to view the comment on my blog to see it. The spots are still available! 🙂
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January 23, 2024 at 8:12 am
I found my prompt suggestion, it was family!
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January 23, 2024 at 11:01 am
Awesome! Just follow the instructions here: https://lindaghill.com/2024/01/17/prompt-me-part-2-of-2-jusjojan-2024/ and I’ll put you in for the next available date.
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January 21, 2024 at 6:15 am
Ha ha! That’s an interesting point. Definitely the other way round for me 🙂
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January 21, 2024 at 8:56 am
What I really need to do is learn to make a habit of writing the tagline before I write the novel. I’m sure that would make it easier.
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January 21, 2024 at 11:48 am
It absolutely would, Linda. The only thing after that would be sticking to the tagline! (I would definitely go off-piste!) 😄
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January 21, 2024 at 1:32 pm
Haha! I probably would too. 😛
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January 20, 2024 at 9:18 pm
You have a point there…
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January 21, 2024 at 8:54 am
I mean seriously. How do you condense a whole novel into a sentence? Ugh. 😛
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January 21, 2024 at 9:07 am
It’s like writing a logline for a TV show or movie. I think Blake Snyder’s “Save The Cat!” or Syd Fields’s “Screenplay” have some examples.
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January 21, 2024 at 11:45 am
I’ve been meaning to buy “Save the Cat!” – maybe it’s time I did. 🙂 Thanks, John!
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January 20, 2024 at 7:34 pm
The tagline – the blurb — Auuuuugh, they both scare me.
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January 21, 2024 at 8:50 am
Me too!
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