This is the shortest blog post I’ve ever written and may ever write.
How do you describe a whole novel in one sentence? Here’s my one-liner for BIRD FACE:
Anonymous sticky-notes, a scheming bully, and a ruined summer send almost-fourteen-year-old Wendy Robichaud down a trail of secrets and self-discovery.
I challenge all you writers to do that for your novel or work of nonfiction. Please post your one-liners in the comments. Let’s learn and have some fun!
A part dystopian, part fantasy adaptation of the book of Ruth.
Not too good, eh?
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Hi, Lisa. Thanks for commenting! That sounds interesting, but why only a tickle? Tell us the MC’s name and her main conflict. 🙂
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Sixteen year-old Truth marries a red-haired stranger to escape life-long service at the Dragon Temple, a fate worse than death, but her new husband has a secret that places her in greater danger and threatens them both.
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Lisa, I love it. The layers of conflict are so apparent.
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I have two different manuscripts. 🙂 So I’ll give two one-liners.
DEADLY SPLENDOR: After Allura, a sixteen-year-old descendant of folkloric man-eaters, crushes on a human guy, she must protect him from becoming her sister’s next meal.
SHATTERED CHOICES: When Watcher Lucas foresees April’s impending murder, he must defy every rule to cross dimensions and save her life.
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Thanks for sharing those, Rachel. I see you’ve made Allura’s story even more interesting by having her battle her own sister over the guy–a battle for his life! I look forward to the book’s publication.
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PIECES of a LIFE: What happens when Preston’s true-love-didn’t-wait past collides with Maggie’s white-wedding-dress future?
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Thanks for participating, Beth! Did you already have that tucked away somewhere to pull out if requested? I didn’t write one until I was forced to, but it sure helped me ascertain what my story was really about.
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