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September 8, 2014

The Work-in-Progress Blog Hop: The Good Thing

Well!  Nothing like a good ol' fashioned blog hop to force me out of my blogging hermit-hole!I have been tagged by the wonderful Jumping From Cliffs to participate in this thingy here, and this is how it works: The idea is I post the first line of the first three chapters of my current work-in-progress, then nominate four other bloggers to do the same.To follow in the tradition set forth by JFC and a few of the authors who were tagged before him, I am including the first line of my prologue as ... View Post

Filed Under: Blog Hops etc, Writing Tagged With: captivating first chapter, the good thing

March 26, 2013

What I Learned about Prologues… WD Tutorial lessons!

As some of you know, I subscribed to the Writer's Digest Tutorials a few days ago.  Yesterday, I finally took the time to sit down and go through one of them, specifically the "Opening Up: How to Create Captivating Opening Pages" by literary agent Kathleen Ortiz.  You can find it and all other WD Tutorials here, if you are so inclined, and I highly recommend checking them out.  The subscription idea is a wonderful thing, too... unlimited access to all Tutorials, for up to a year if you wish. I ... View Post

Filed Under: A Girl Who Writes, Writer's Digest Tutorials, Writing Tagged With: captivating first chapter, cheetah on the roof, prologue, realization, tutorials, writing

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