Seeking writing success? Start at the beginning...
Whether you're looking to get published or just hoping to hook your reader, first impressions are vital. Compelling opening scenes are the key to catching an agent or editor's attention, and are crucial for keeping your reader engaged.
As a writer, what you do in your opening pages, and how you do it, is a matter that cannot be left to chance. The First 50 Pages is here to help you craft a strong beginning right from the start. You'll learn how to:
introduce your main character
establish your story...
Seeking writing success? Start at the beginning...
Whether you're looking to get published or just hoping to hook your reader, first i...
The craft of writing is filled with various debates: Should I include a prologue? Should I delete all adverbs from my manuscript? Just how much backstory--if any--can I include in my story? These questions--and their often-contradictory answers--can cause confusion, frustration, and even paralysis in the writer.
The Irresistible Novel frees you from the limits of so-called "rules" and instead provides you with a singular goal: You must engage your readers from beginning to end. Filled with down-to-earth discussions on the various...
Discover Your Voice and Enthrall Readers
The craft of writing is filled with various debates: Should I include a prologue? Should I delete a...
Chad Thorton, the newest member of the team, thinks it's time to transform from a hastily assembled gaggle of individuals to a team with a focus, a mission, and a home base. The others resist the idea . . . until they're all targeted in their various home towns. They come together, battered and confused, to the hotel that is Chad's chosen headquarters-but they'll soon find out that they're not safe even there.
Chad Thorton, the newest member of the team, thinks it's time to transform from a hastily assembled gaggle of individuals to a team with a focus, a mi...
What he did was pretty amazing. And he did it on an eighth grade education. He taught us two lessons, good for life. Learn how to learn, and be fair and respectful with others. Leo's "Golden Rules." He should have been enshrined in the United Nations Hall of Fame for what he did in World War II. And he did not have the big and famous stages of Normandy or Iwo Jima for his courageous act. He pulled it off in a place better known for Durham wheat than for spectacular theatre. He did it at a time when Japanese in the US were being vilified and rounded up for internment in concentration camps....
What he did was pretty amazing. And he did it on an eighth grade education. He taught us two lessons, good for life. Learn how to learn, and be fair a...
Four books in one In PIERCING THE VEIL, A young psychic (whose ego is even more amazing than his good looks) convinces Brenda to join him in traversing the spirit world. Together they visit the Gate's headquarters and experience the organization's twisting and imprisoning of human souls. In HOME BASE, Chad Thorton, the newest member of the team, thinks it's time to transform from a hastily assembled gaggle of individuals to a team with a focus, a mission, and a home base. The others resist the idea . . . until they're all targeted in their various home towns. They come together, battered and...
Four books in one In PIERCING THE VEIL, A young psychic (whose ego is even more amazing than his good looks) convinces Brenda to join him in traversi...
They all dream of a bear. It's coming for them, ravenous and enraged. The team compares notes and soon learns the meaning of the dream: The Gate has put its pieces in place and is ready to make a move that will spell disaster for all mankind. Chad Thorton believes the bear in the dream is the mysterious human leader the Gate has been raising up, and the team realizes they must somehow find this man and stop him before the Gate can carry out their designs. If they're going to do this in time, they're going to have to pool their talents and decide how far they are willing to go to save the...
They all dream of a bear. It's coming for them, ravenous and enraged. The team compares notes and soon learns the meaning of the dream: The Gate has p...
When a maiden discovers an enchanted toad, she is warned that she might be the next to come under the enchantment. Will she flee, or will she stand her ground and save the toad?
When a maiden discovers an enchanted toad, she is warned that she might be the next to come under the enchantment. Will she flee, or will she stand he...
