Writers' quote of the day: Joy Fielding on summarizing your novel

‘Once you have an idea for a book, you need to be able to sum it up in one or two sentences.  For motivation, think of it as one of those brief summaries on The New York Times Bestseller List.  It is my belief that if you are unable to sum your book up in twenty-five words or less, then you really don’t know what your book is about, and if you don’t know, you certainly can’t expect your readers to figure it out.’ ~ Joy Fielding

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