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Tag: first lines

  • Posted on Friday, December 26, 2014Thursday, December 25, 2014
  • by Shelly King

How my first line came to be

Every first line of a novel is a promise. It’s establishes a contract between the author and the writer about…

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  • Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2014Friday, December 26, 2014
  • by Sona Charaipotra

The Agony of The First Line

How do I hate writing first lines? Let me count the ways! Actually, I even hated coming up with the…

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  • Posted on Saturday, February 1, 2014Friday, January 31, 2014
  • by Natalia Sylvester

Guest Author Kathryn Craft on The Evolution of a First Line

It’s such an honor to welcome Kathryn Craft to the blog today. Her debut novel, THE ART OF FALLING, is the…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014Wednesday, January 29, 2014
  • by Susan Gloss

First Lines and Falling in Love

Sometimes, you pick up a book and fall immediately, completely, and hopelessly in love: “They say it came first from…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2014Monday, January 27, 2014
  • by Natalia Sylvester

My “First” Line: 5 Years, Countless Drafts & Thousands of Lines in the Making

First lines of books are a lot like debut novels. Just because they come first in a narrative doesn’t mean…

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  • Posted on Monday, January 27, 2014Tuesday, January 28, 2014
  • by Lori Rader-Day

First Lines and Setting a Novel’s Tone

“Miss Jane Neal met her maker in the early morning mist of Thanksgiving Sunday. It was pretty much a surprise…

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