Voice

Still thinking about openings and what makes a great one. Apart from launching straight into the action and coming up with an intriguing opening line the other essential is a strong voice. If you can start right from the beginning with a unique and consistent voice you have a much better chance of hooking the reader and compelling them [...]

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Opening Lines

Following on from my blog last week on stellar story openings this week I’ve been thinking about my favourite opening lines. If you can come up with a great opening line the reader is already hooked. Here’s a few I love: My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. (The Lovely Bones, Alice [...]

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Openings

This year I’m facilitating a weekly class – Write Your Book in 2011. It’s a small, enthusiastic bunch of writers who are determined to get their books completed and are relishing the support that a group of like-minded people can provide. We spent the first term looking at ways to be inspired, planning writing routines, [...]

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