Branding ~ Iconography B / 4:31

 We’re talking Branding. In this episode, we take a second look at Iconography.

“Um-what?” you ask.

Iconography is a fancy word that simply means “Writing with Images or Pictures”. Our covers catch a reader not with a blazing image but an image that blazes with story. Capturing our story on the cover is key to reaching our readers.

We can do this, paying $1000s to artists to paint a  pivotal scene from our novel. Few of us can spend $1000s. We don’t need a scene, though. (Save your $$$ and your bank account!)

We need to present our niche market inside our genre, so don’t panic. Some story ideas are not hard to convey. Others, though, are tricky, and that’s our focus for this episode. Our example is Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody books.

Iconography for a Tricky Cover, with Keys 5 and 6 :: Let’s go.

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Start
  
  
  
• 00:39 Intro
• 01:50 Iconography as a Key
• 02:35 Tricky Book Covers
• 03:50 Key 5: Tone through Image
• 06:55 Amelia Peabody and Key 5
• 09:20 Approaching Key 6
• 11:56 More Problems
• 13:25 Last Word
• 13:50 Closing

Total Time :: 14:49

 

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