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Book Description
builder

Answer four short prompts and get a draft back-cover description in the structure that sells on Amazon and in bookstores.

Your book
Hookone line
Main character and goal
What stands in the way
Closing line
This builds a first draft from your answers. Read it aloud, cut anything that does not earn its place and keep it under 200 words.
Your draft description
39 words
room to add detail
Paragraphs
4
Ideal
150–200
Nobody survives the mountain pass in winter. Maya Cole has one week to cross it and bring her brother home. A storm is closing in, and the guide she hired is hiding something. For fans of tense, survival-driven thrillers.
Open with the hook in bold on your retailer page. Keep the closing line as a comparison to books your readers already love.
Have an editor polish it

How a book description works

A description has one job: make the reader want to start. Most strong blurbs follow the same shape. A hook, then the main character and what they want, then what stands in the way, then a closing line that tells readers who the book is for.

Common mistakes

Summarizing the whole plot, listing too many characters and opening with background instead of tension. Keep it short, specific and in the present tense.

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