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🔒 Supporter Episode:🪝Hooky Openings

Wish I'd Known Then . . . For Writers

English - January 25, 2024 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB
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Opening lines, where to start the book, and prologues

How do you start your book in a way that hooks readers? In this month’s suporter-only episode, we look at compelling beginnings. 

We cover the heavy lifting that the open line does, where to start your book, and (controversy!) prologues. 

Famous first lines in literature and why they workSome of our personal favorite first lines in books we loveFirst lines we’ve written and why we decided on them as our openersUsing conversation in a first line: yea or yay?Where to start your bookPrologue pros and cons

February’s supporter episode will be a conversation with the fabulous Ines Johnson! What questions do you have for her? Let us know here: https://forms.gle/BjUJVPPgRacJm9dq8




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