Sell one copy at a time and let blurb fulfill the orders or place a large order and sell inperson. When he discovers he has a talent for folding and flying paper planes, dylan begins a journey to reach the world junior paper plane championships in japan. Then, write 12 additional sentences that explain the plot of the story in a general way. Paper planes is brilliant and a mustread for adults. Blurb create, print, and sell professionalquality photo.
Blurb test book paper comparison film photography blog. Choose the right paper for your photo book help center. Standard 118 gsm premium luster 148 gsm, a 33%, b 25% more expensive than 1. Webster published in australia by penguin random house, scholastic australia, midnightsun, and uqp university of queensland press published in sweden by bwahlstroms published in russia by kompasguide teen imprint represented by jane novak literary agency appearances. Also follow these steps if you made a trade black and white book and want to convert it to a trade color book or viceversa. A simple outline for writing a killer book blurb ink and. Written and put together by ken blackburn, the guinness book of world records paper airplane record holder, and. You can buy paper towns from your favorite retailer via the penguin portal. Scratch out written for promotional purposes and substitute written to seize the prospective readers attention and imbed an irresistible desire to. You have one shot at introducing your story to your reader make it count. Steve worland brings you the exciting, heartwarming story of paper planes, adapted from the awardwinning family film that features a cast of australias finest actors, including sam worthington, deborah mailman, david wenham and ed oxenbould if at first you dont succeed, fly, fly again.
I recommend this book for birthday parties or just with pocket money. This book is great for me because i am 10 years old and like paper planes. I will explain that blurbs are thought to be very important by people in the bookmaking industry and that some writers even specialize in writing. How to write good book blurbs essaypaperwritingwrite. It can be a daunting task, so heres pins giving you a step by step approach for creating your fiction or nonfiction book blurb. The movie adaptation of paper towns was released in summer 2015 starring nat wolff and cara delevingne, and directed by jake schreier. Paper planes is when hitler stole the pink rabbit for the generation that saw people jumping from the twin towers. Paper planes by steve worland penguin books australia. Dylan ed oxenbould, 12yearsold, lives with his father sam worthington, who recently lost his wife and remains inconsolable. How to write an effective blurb for a selfpublished book. I wish i would have upgraded because the paper is pretty thin. Dylan finds himself a passion for creating and flying paper planes.
The blurb of your book is the second thing a potential reader will look at after the coverso take the time to get it right. To write a good blurb, you have to make it short and exciting, yet relevant. Check our calendar of events to see where you can grow a paper garden or steer a paper plane sky high. I am anxious to see if anyone else has experience with the other papers. Although the protagonist is a child, like in sonya hartnetts of a boy, this is not a story for children. See more ideas about writing, writing a book, nonfiction books. Writing a book blurb is a little like online dating, i suppose. Grade 5 lesson on blurbsadapt by using whatever book. Youve snagged a prospective date by your alluring cover, so now youve got to show theres more than just surface appeal. But it is the single most important piece of writing you will do on your book. I think next time i will go for premium matter or lustre. But fear not, because theres a secret science to writing the perfect book blurb. Years later, the girl appears at the boys window in a ninja costume, and. Childrens fiction, historical fiction, war format read.
Weber, who also did the screenplay for what is probably the pinnacle so far of this. Dylan is an imaginative twelveyearold boy who discovers that his talent for folding and flying paper. Steve worland has worked extensively in film and television in australia and the usa. The blurb for this book was really misleading, but what i got ended up more enjoyable than what i expected. When he discovers he has a talent for folding and flying paper planes, dylan begins a journey to reach the world junior.
The 5 core elements of a book blurb and why you should. Paper planes was written by steve worland and is based on the motion. Adapted from the young adult novel by john green, fox 2000s paper towns tells the story of the bizarre mystery that unfolds in the wake of an acute youthful trauma. If you want to read an aussie classic, got on the kindle store now and buy this tiptop book. All you have to do is provide me with some information and i will write one undeniably catchy blurb. Anyway, if you want to write your term book book of all, you can appeal to how team writing blurb paper from scratch at low cost, how. The libraries are starting to buzz with holiday activities. The writing was engaging and you started really liking the characters. Also, it is imperative for the student to have enough time to read the chosen text a few times and analyze it properly. Movies do this incredibly well in their trailers and descriptions, so it may be an idea to. Distilling the innovation, science, and enthusiasm of their first bookthe world record paper airplane bookworld record holder ken blackburn and mechanical engineer jeff lammers present the kids paper airplane book. My books focus on topics such as emotions, coping skills, mental illness and mindfulness.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading paper planes. A blurb is defined as a short description of your book, written for promotional purposes and appearing on the back cover. Bookwright from blurb, i made 5 identical books, differing only in their paper type, and of course their cover title to differentiate them easily. When it comes to writing the back blurb for a book, the struggle is real. Put simply, being concise is hard, and being concise about something you know insideandout can seem downright impossible. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I will describe the activity to be done writing a blurb and drawing a front cover for home of the brave.
Features four different models to perfect, each with their own concise instructions on how to best fold and fly them. The blurb should be in the same style as the rest of the book, for example. An easytofollow, practical guide to writing the best blurb to sell your selfpublished book, provided by ya author sarah juckes of completelynovel. When you need to write a blurb for a movie, book, or other project, start by writing a clever and catchy hook that introduces some of the characters and setting of the topic. You know, the ones that readers use to choose the book they want to read next or throw on the pile beside the bed where, among the. Your blurb will be an important part of your marketing. Heres how you change the paper type of your bookwright book. Kids paper airplane book paper airplanes ken blackburn, jeff lammers on. Typically, these opportunities come during photography festivals, trade shows, or other industry events. Kids paper airplane book by ken blackburn, jeff lammers. Paper planes book by steve worland based on the motion screenplay by. Here are the 5 paper types that where used to make these 5 identical books a. Two important messages in paper planes are to work hard and dont judge a book by its cover. Pair this story with libby gleesons half a world away for group sharing.
If youve read the book and are completely prepared for spoilers, visit the faq for much, much more information on the book. Make sure you supply me with a general synopsis as well. Printed on special tearout pages, each of the 100 planes features a unique design. Paper planes is a meaningful story of friendship and family. I just recd a book back that i ordered from blurb and i got the standard paper. A simple outline for writing a killer book blurb september 25, 2016 september 25, 2016 kaitlin hillerich in my last post, i mentioned that ive been working on a novella and shared some reasons why you should write one of your own. If youd like for me to read the entire book instead of just. On taking up writing it had not once occurred to me that one of the tasks of being a writer might be to come up with those concise, quippy phrases on the covers of books.
Across the gold coast, the libraries will be filled with paper planes, kites and a variety of other inventions. Writing paper planes the movie and the book a guest blog from. All kinds of photo books or art books where price is a concern or you have more than 240 pages. I specialize in writing childrens books about aviation as well. Your book blurb must be wellwritten to get a readers attention. This is great value for money because there are 100 planes to make, with easy to follow steps. Once your title and cover have drawn the reader in, the blurb is what is going to make the difference between a missed opportunity and a sale. How is it that a writer can write a story spanning tens of thousands of words but stumble at a 250300 word book blurb describing it. The current green adaptation, paper towns, might not possess the same exhilarating highs and somber lows as the fault in our stars, b ut this teen drama wrapped around a human enigma does share more than a few commonalities, including the same savvy writing team of scott neustadter and michael h. Jun 12, 2015 the back cover book blurb can be the hardest part as an author condensing your book into a few, short paragraphs in a way that makes your book impossible to overlook. Writing a short book blurb is not only fun, but great practice for writing promotional copy of any kind.
Its safe to say that a wellwritten blurb is absolutely essential to your poetry books overall success and reputation. Youll also find some useful links to websites with further information. Paper planes traces the plight of one family in sarajevo through the eyes of the quite naive 12 yearold niko and his ashamedly, i was aware of very little of the civil war which savaged the former yugoslavia in the early 90s in spite of the fact that i was living and working in europe at the time. Other than the main still trying to get over the tragic death of his partner and his new love interest living in a distant city there wasnt a whole lot of tension.
Your write writer can be contacted book book our how blurb. He has written several picture books, including the award winning letterbox lil and stripy horse series. This article gives you simple steps to follow to write a book blurb, and gives examples of both fiction and nonfiction back cover blurbs. That definition sucks all the life out of the word, though. In this post, we tell you how to write a book blurb in five easy steps. Packed with brilliantly designed paper planes to make and fly, ranging from fighter planes to space rockets and creepy flying bugs. The occult art of the poetry book blurb rachael mead. After stumbling across the body of a suicide victim, two young neighbors gradually begin to drift apart. Sign up for my newsletter, beneath the oake tree, here.
Written and designed for younger paper pilots, it has simpler planes with brighter, bolder graphics. Sell your book in the blurb bookstore, through amazon, or in the global retail network of over 38,000 retailers, libraries, and schools. Thats not to say you didnt like them all the way through but the beginning half of the book was great. Paper planes by jim helmore 9781471173875paperback. Your book blurb aka online description, like your dating profile. Steve has written screenplays for working title, icon productions and the jim henson company, worked in script development for james. Cut out shapes and lines from paper of a different colour and glue them on to your plane. Beckys literary bookings and creative net speakers agency what people are.