A contest in three sentences
Today I’m subtracting.
Yesterday I told you about the book Six Sentences, Volume 2 and today I’m here to tell you about a contest in THREE sentences.
The Knight Agency is nuts generous and brave to host the Book In A Nutshell Competition.
Just (ha! JUST!) pitch your book in three sentences with a total of no more than 150 words by April 20th and on May 1st they’ll contact 20 winners and ask to see more of their work. In the comments section of the blog post they answer a myriad of questions from reader/writers so look there for details.
I think it’s rather straightforward, if not a pain in the wrist to figure it out. We all kvetch about queries and the elusive logline, because it’s so little space to say so much about 300 pages. But again, when forced to clip and cut, it’s amazing what’s left at the end. Um, yeah, the main idea of the book. Go figure.
Did you enter? Will you?
And if you’re not ready to enter it’s a fabulous exercise in minimalism — feel free to give it a shot right here.
I love stuff like this! It’s awesome. And it just like writing your own blurb. Good luck! I won’t be entering because I don’t think Kirsten would be too thrilled with me. But it’s super easy, I bet you’ll write an awesome one!
After arguing with myself back and forth for about 20 minutes, myself won, and I entered…so…we’ll see what happens with that. Good luck to you!
I’m reminded of a challenge once posed to Hemmingway: write a complete story in 6 words. His response:
Baby shoes
for sale
Never used.
Looks like a fun contest!