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PLANNINGYOUR

BOOKCOVERDESIGN

Planning YOUR Book Cover Design can lead to getting more sales and

more attention.

Focus on Your Main Character

Your main character is the subject in which everything else revolves around. Think about his/her thoughts, their ambitions and dreams, and you may find your cover.

Internal Thoughts of Your Main Characters- Success- Ambition- Revenge

Focus on Your Primary

Plot.

Focusing on your primary plot will make your book cover stand out. Your primary plot is the plot that if you got rid of it the story would cease to

exist.

Possible Primary Plots-Infidelity-Murder Mystery-Corrupted Politics

Think About The

Marketing

Marketing is the umbrella of branding.

What will people think of your story and your cover?

What attention will it get you? What and who can you attach

to your story?

Marketing is the ac-tivities of how you will promote your story. Think about the mar-keting and get the right attention.

Pick Your Readers

Knowing your readers will lead you to defining your cover, because you will be able to attract the right people

at the right time.

Describe your read-ers as real people. Think about their be-haviors, their lives.

Choose Your Story Genre

Picking your genre can help you define your book cover, almost more than anything

else.

ActionBiographyEssayFantasyHorror

LIST THAT CAN HELP YOU

ACTION STEPS

GENRES

CHARACTER TYPES

PRIMARY PLOTS

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@AVILLIANWritten By Alijah Villian

Referenceshttp://learn.lexiconic.net

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Action

Manga

Mystery

General

Mythology

Play

FableFable

Romance

Sci-Fi

Spiritual

Supernatural

Thriller

Western

YYoung Adult

Biography

Essay

Fantasy

Historical

Horror

Humor

Kids Kids

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Protagonist

Antagonist

Anti-Hero

Foil

Major or Central

Static

RRounded

Flat

Supportive

Symbolic

-Corrupted Government creates havoc in new world.

-Romance surfaces in a world of hate.

-A lone hero saves the world.

--The King & Queen under-seige create a community of rebels.