: Re: Writing book jacket copy - first person perspective I am currently writing the text for my book jacket. My book is a novel and it's written in the first person. Does that mean that the text

@Samaraweera193

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Jacket summaries are typically written in Third Person.

Anne thought she had the perfect marriage. That is until...

Your second version sounds much more natural and familiar to me. I much prefer it over the first example, even if your book is not written in Third Person.

That's not to say you can't write it in First Person. You certainly can and it might stand out, potentially in a good way. It would also represent your book better, like you said.

Writing is such a creative thing; you can go any way you want with this; Third Person, First Person, Present-tense, Past Tense, etc. As long as the jacket cover is well written, chances are the tense you use won't be a make-or-break factor.

Most publishers write the jacket summary for you though.

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