The idea of writing “the blurb” of my novel to help me get an overall vision of it appeals to me: especially as I’m not sure how the story will end, and a blurb shouldn’t give away the ending!
And so, in a quiet moment, I wrote a blurb for my novel. But it was terrible. It gave you some idea of the story but wouldn’t sell it: I wouldn’t pay for this novel if I’d picked it up in the bookshop. But I like the idea of the blurb still, so I’ll spend some time in my bookshelves soon and get some ideas to focus me. And what I really want to do soon is get back to Sol Stein’s How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them
