Wordsmith Wednesday – Blurbs part 2

Last month, we tried the advertising model with three short lines – each building on the next – to draw the reader into your back cover blurb. This month, we’re going to do the first paragraph of the three that follow those three short lines. The aim of every sentence in these three paragraphs is to draw the reader farther into your story with the aim of creating an emotional bond between the reader and your protagonist.

I realize that most of the readers of the Ruby Sister blog write...