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Whether you’re writing your first or your fiftieth novel, you will most likely need to revise your opening pages last. It’s a tall order for most of us—after all, we understand the importance of first impressions. Readers will usually only give a story a page or two (sometimes only a sentence or two!) to decide […]
Cherokee actress Delanna Studi might make a good Frankie Chasing Bear. A workshop I attended recently challenged the group with the following: What kinds of questions are raised in readers’ minds by your opening line? Whoa. Don’t novelists get at least a couple of sentences to hook the reader? Not so fast. Writing Tip for […]