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How important is that first chapter?
Started by christine danek 22 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyone!Here's a great post about how important the first chapter is.Is your chapter making a promise to your readers? What you need to include to make the reader want to turn the page. Check it…Continue
What literary agents say about what not to do in your beginning.
Started by christine danek on Thursday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyone! Here's a great link to what literary agents think about first chapters and what not to do.…Continue
Hooking readers
Started by christine danek Jun 11. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Good morning everyone! Here's a great link on hooking your reader in the first chapter.Hooking Readers With The First Chapter Of A Teen Novel, by Beth Revisby Steve Rossiter…Continue
First chapter advice
Started by christine danek Jun 6. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyone! Here's a helpful link on what you should think about including in your first chapter.From the website: Flogging the Quill by Ray Rhamey. It is a guest post written by Tracy Marchini.5…Continue
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Staff Comment by Sheri Larsen on October 28, 2011 at 3:44pm -
Here's a great formula for writing a logline: http://baskinex.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-write-logline.html
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Comment by Nikki Katz on October 26, 2011 at 9:37am -
Doing NaNoWriMo? Here's a great article on plotting your TIME!
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Comment by Nikki Katz on October 26, 2011 at 9:37am
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Novelists, stop trying to brand yourselves ...
http://www.rachellegardner.com/2011/10/novelists-stop-trying-to-bra...
I think I agree ... and disagree with this. I can say that networking and branding can also help get your foot in the door. But yes, the book and your writing are the most important things!
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Comment by Nikki Katz on October 18, 2011 at 11:16am
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Fiction is a balance of information and action: http://kidlit.com/2011/10/17/boiling-it-down/
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Comment by Nikki Katz on October 18, 2011 at 11:15am
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Use Microsoft Charlie to read your manuscript aloud (I think this is a great idea!!!) http://yaknow.livejournal.com/74835.html
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Comment by Nikki Katz on October 18, 2011 at 11:15am
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The burden is on you to increase your craft: http://www.rachellegardner.com/2011/10/master-the-craft-of-writing/
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Comment by Nikki Katz on October 12, 2011 at 9:31am
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It's so interesting to see how Veronica Roth nearly doubled her word count in edits, instead of hacking away at it (gives me hope, as I tend to write sparse!!)
http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-much-it-changed.html
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Comment by Jan Fischer Wade on October 11, 2011 at 11:57am -
List of Words that Sparkle! Jazz up your Writing / Pitch / Synopsis (List of blah words to search for too!) http://yalitchat.ning.com/profiles/blogs/list-of-words-that-sparkle...
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Staff Comment by LM Preston on October 10, 2011 at 9:23am -
Here's the YaLitChat 2012 Nanowrimo contest link!
http://yalitchat.ning.com/group/writingcontestssubmissionopps/forum...
Prizes include Free Kindle, Free Yalitchat Tier 2 membership and books!
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Comment by Susan Kaye Quinn on September 29, 2011 at 10:12am -
Ok, I would totally be fangirling too! :)
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