Steps for writing a book trailer

1.   Where does your novel take place?

2.   Identify your main character. Who is he or she?

3.   What does he/she want? What’s his goal?

4.   What gets in the way of him reaching his goal?

5.   What choice does he have to make?

Other important factors:

• You don’t want to give away too much information
• Most of the time you’ll use only one character (Even though a book may have three different key characters, you might only use the main character.)
• Your goal is to peak the reader’s interest
• Using a question at the end of the trailer creates suspense
• Use punchy words that are easy to read
• Don’t worry about writing in full sentences