KEY WORDS

WORDS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Last week I wrote about how a young woman used certain key words to make an alpha male fall instantly in love with her (on their first date). Of course, her words were accompanied with body and facial language, heart and emotion. I also said I'd fall for her well-thought-out approach too, provided there was chemistry.

Yesterday, at the RWASD meeting, Penny Sansevieri presented, among other things, the importance of key words in helping potential readers find your novel. This lesson is critically important in today's publishing world.

Okay, here comes the boring or shameless self promotion part which you can skip by going right to the video. I don't write this blog to sell my books. I write to entertain and inform. If you want to buy my book, I promise I won't stop you. LOL. I decided to not only use a "normal" description of my new novel, Autumn Breeze, which is posted on Amazon, but will add key words to the bottom of the description. This is, as far as I know, not done! I'll let you know if this increases sales. I'm putting my proposed add-on to the description below the video.

Here's the promo for A Novel Romance, A Hallmark Channel movie first released last week. I feature it because it's a romance and it's about a writer. Also, it highlights the struggle to say what you mean. Imagine a (boring) novel/movie, in which the hero or heroine is so quick on their feet, they immediately solve problems created by the incomplete use of the English language. I'd bet, especially in comedies, that a majority of problems are created by poorly thought out and therefore incomplete verbal communications. The irony in this movie centers around a writer. I.e. a hero whose proper use of words is his critical path to success in his art and his love.

A Novel Romance, Hallmark, Trailer 2015:

P.s. I enjoyed the movie.







A different way to handle Key Words by putting them in the description:
Rather than go on with more information that might spoil the plot or story, the author offers the following words or phrases that describe major and minor themes occurring in this novel. Regarding the girl’s, detective’s and spy’s internal stories we have literary romance, teenage love stories and angst, coming of age, young adult, family, friendship, college, scholarship, multicultural, multiracial, interracial, immigration, Caribbean, marriage, wedding, adoption. Regarding the external plot we have 9/11, mystery, thriller, intrigue, suspense, spy, assassins, police procedural, terrorists, terrorism, military, war, cloak and dagger, mass murder, political, anti-terrorism taskforce, CIA, NSA, NCS, Homeland Security, and martial arts. And as catch alls for various plot twists, we have contemporary romance, wealthy, literature, American, ghosts, paranormal. And then, New York City, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Trinidad. Let’s not forget Rudy Giuliani and the ever popular historical 21^st century.



My new book and its description can be seen at:
http://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Breeze-Carlos-RW-Richard/dp/0980080487/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421613702&sr=1-3&keywords=autumn+breeze

Taylor Swift writes romances

Behind every good romance there’s backstory.

They began meeting for two-hour writing sessions every Tuesday afternoon after school.

Liz Rose, a mentor, in Taylor Swift’s early development has said the sessions were "some of the easiest I've ever done. Basically, I was just her editor. She'd write about what happened in school that day. She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say. And she'd come in with the most incredible hooks." [Hooks-anyone]

Taylor Allison Swift is a singer/songwriter who crosses over from country to pop. She’s disciplined and brilliant. She writes romance. Except the whole story is told in a couple minutes.

The idea of building an emotional connection in two to four minutes is at least a good reason to see your story in terms of a log or tag line.

Taylor writes mostly about teenage or young adult love. If you do neither you’re missing a subtle concept in romance: every good romance has backstory. Every good romance should charm the reading audience right up front. Later, you can make a record. Behind many a hero or heroine is a story or two of how they were hurt or learned from rejection or how they learned from an amazing romance that for (add a reason), did not make it. A teenager becomes a young adult becomes an adult.

 

Below see, Taylor Swift, "Love Story," 2008. Note how this short song develops the story through scene, fantasy, a young girl's (and guy's) emotions. She makes a plea for a storybook ending and finds hope in the final scene. (Oh, and oh yes, there are hooks whether you're just listening to her tone, meaning, and delivery or watching her interpretation via video. No wonder, she's set records and won countless awards.