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6921586 No.6921586 [Reply] [Original]

>My book is X meets Y

>> No.6921639
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>My book is X meets Y with a little bit of Z

>> No.6922872

>>6921586
That shit cracks me up because it's never anything that makes sense.

>It's The Sound and the Fury meets Fear in loathing in Las Vegas.

It's the kind of shit that authors think agents like to hear, even though there's no evidence at all of this, and most agents will point out how idiotic it is. Study up on query letter writing, you'll find tons of shit like this.

>> No.6922886

>This book examines the quantum factors that make up identify, inner oppression, and the drastic negative effects of the cerebral lifestyle

>just about some guy fucking off in a coffee shop

>> No.6922899

>>6922886
>>This book examines

Also any time you see this, you immediately know they're showing, not telling. Agents hate this shit, will probably stop reading the second they see that.

>> No.6922912

>>6922899
or is it telling, not showing? Shit I dunno, i'm hungover.

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>>6921586
kind of like this then?

>> No.6922961

>Readers who love x will absolutely adore my book y.

Uh huh. The funny thing about this is it never makes any sense either.

>Readers who loved Hardy Boys adventures will love my book CUM: The Splattering.

>> No.6923063

>>6921586

solves for x = penis, y = vagina