How to answer the question 'What's your book about?'
· 10 min · Episode 1198
Episode How to answer the question 'What's your book about?'
1198. This week, we look at how to answer the question every author dreads: "So, what's your book about?" with workplace communications coach Joel Schwartzberg. We look at the difference between describing a book and selling it, how nonfiction authors can craft point-driven responses, and how fiction writers can distill their stories into a compelling pitch.
Joel Schwartzberg is a workplace communications coach, speaker, and speechwriter. He's the author of "Get to the Point: Simplify, Sharpen, and Sell Your Message," and you can find him at joelschwartzberg.net
🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.
🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)
🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.
🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.
🔗 Find an edited transcript.
🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.
| HOST: Mignon Fogarty
| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.
• Audio Engineer: Castria Communications • Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings • Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson • Marketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah Sebastian • Podcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb
| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.
| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Links in the notes 16
- https://www.patreon.com/cw/grammargirl
- https://www.speakpipe.com/GrammarGirl
- https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/mignon-fogarty
- https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe
- https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/transcripts/grammar-girl/1198/
- https://amzn.to/3LULzLb
- https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts
- https://wearecastria.wordpress.com/
- https://catherinerannus.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/@grammargirl
- https://www.tiktok.com/@therealgrammargirl
- https://www.threads.net/@thegrammargirl
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl
- https://mastodon.social/@grammargirl
- https://bsky.app/profile/grammargirl.bsky.social
- https://acast.com/privacy
Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them. Explicit shows are for adult profiles only, and children’s profiles hear only children’s shows. More about this list.