Other than that, it was an interesting article, although I find it somewhat depressing that a writer, no matter how skilled they may be with words, needs to learn skills in visual media just to promote their work.

But if you use your imagination, and film (for example) a church on a sunday morning as people enter for mass, and we hear church bells ringing while you (or somebody with a strong voice) read provocative lines from your book - I think this can and will be as effective, or more effective, than a series of stills and text.

Thanks to the digital revolution, never before has it been so easy to ‘film’ something that looks good, on little to no budget.

Otherwise, fascinating article!

-Johnny

I’m about to use Sketchup to prototype some of the futuristic architecture of my franchise. Of course I will use the material generated from this exercise in any way I possibly can.

It’s also worth noting that good concept and/or cover artists may be able to use perspective renderings created in Sketchup to paint on top of as a base. I was recently talking to a concept artist in the video game industry about this.

So a good book trailer can often be a byproduct of good visualization exercises, and doesn’t just have to be a product of its own.

I’ve never fussed around with video editing software, but people tell me it’s not that hard to learn. Now I’m anxious to try it out for myself.

Great post, Sophie!