Book Proposal Writing: How to Get Published
Determining Comp Titles
A course by Courtney Maum , Author and Book Coach
About the video: Determining Comp Titles
Overview
“In this lesson, we’ll learn what “comp titles” are and walk through how you can find the book titles that are comparative to the one you want to write.”
In this video lesson Courtney Maum addresses the topic: Determining Comp Titles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Proposal Writing: How to Get Published. Prepare to share your ideas with the world by learning to create dynamic book proposals from start to finish.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the last lesson, we wrote an entire overview together In this lesson, we're going to learn how to find the perfect comp titles for your book proposal. Whether you're writing a short story collection, a cookbook, or anything in between, Your book proposal is going to necessitate comp titles. Now what's a comp title? A cop title. Is another book. that is in conversation with yours, which is another way of saying that It could be in competition with yours. Now, that being said, having your book be in competition with another one is not necessarily a bad thing. It's actually a pretty good th...”
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Course summary for: Book Proposal Writing: How to Get Published
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Creative Consulting, Creative Writing, Creativity, Design Management, Marketing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Courtney Maum
A course by Courtney Maum
American author and book coach Courtney Maum has used stories to make sense of the world since she was a child. She studied comparative literature and French translation at university before going on to work in advertising agencies as a copywriter and corporate namer. She has used her love of storytelling to create compelling backstories for everything from nail polish to electric cars.
Courtney is fascinated with the creative process and has written and published several books with some of the biggest publishing houses and editors in America, including Penguin Random House and The New York Times. She also founded a collaborative retreat for creative professionals and has a regular newsletter, Get Published, Stay Published, in which she shares her tips for staying motivated during the writing process.
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