3. MAKE IT SHORT (IT IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) In contrast to an Acknowledgments section, the dedication should be short and to the point. You should not mention everyone who contributed to the book’s creation. You can thank everyone you’ve ever met in the Acknowledgments, if you want. 4. REVIEW BOOK DEDICATION EXAMPLES (IF NECESSARY) The easiest way to get some examples of dedication is to pick up any book on your shelf and look. Almost every book has a dedication, so you can find endless examples. Most of them are very basic and simple, something like this: For my wife Megan and children, Ava, Jaxon, and Elle. George R. R. Martin, who wrote the Game of Thrones series, has a unique dedication in A Song of Ice and Fire: For Phyllis, who made me put the dragons in. This concise line holds enormous depth for both the readers and the person mentioned. If you’ve read the books or seen Game of Thrones, you’d know that dragons and the fantasy world they rep- resent were a big part of the appeal. To imagine the book without them would be nearly impossible. Phyllis clearly played a big role in the creation of this piece (it’s also an inside joke for fans). Here’s the dedication that C. S. Lewis wrote to his goddaughter in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe: My dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take WriTE yOUr BOOk DEDiCATiON · 205