Tag Archives: beginnings

Hooking your reader – feedback from our judges

February 13, 2011 – 18:48

Hi Alphas, Betas and Greek letters in-waiting! Today I’m going to be talking a little bit about some of the feedback we’ve been given from our judges on a few of the reasons stories don’t get accepted to the workshop. I’ll be mixing in some of the experience I’ve had from submitting to

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By Tomas Martin | Writing | , , , , , , | Comments (128)

Beginnings

August 6, 2010 – 07:38

Everyone seems to do beginnings differently. Some people start with a single line intended to somehow encompass the entire story. Some people start mysteriously, with statements you won’t understand until several paragraphs or pages later. You can start near the end, start in the middle of the action (in medias res, like Homer!), start with … Read more

By Rachel Halpern | Writing | | Comments (3)