The blurb should be less than 300 words in length, and make the publisher want to read your story. Think of the blurb as the text on the back of a book. It should give a brief preview of your story, setting the tone and making the reader want more.
A good blurb is roughly three or four paragraphs in length. The first paragraph should introduce your main character. If your story is a romance, usually the second paragraph introduces the second character or love interest, then the third paragraph poses the problem they have to overcome to get together. If your story isn’t a romance, then you still want to follow a similar pattern. Introduce the main character(s) in the first two paragraphs, then briefly describe the story’s conflict in the third paragraph. The final paragraph should not giv
