My draft notes to myself are almost always:
EMOTION. EMOTION HERE!
😂 I really hope I never forget to delete any. 📚
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Wrote a little book about ghosts
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I was recently thinking about the number of legendary storytellers who have contributed to kidlit. All amazing and unique in their own right. But the other day, while talking with family and sharing my experience getting to work on some of these authors' books, it occurred to me that,
How do you write an engaging first line? First of all, don't sweat this, especially not during a first draft. Your first line only has to accomplish one thing: make your readers curious to go on to the next line. Here are a few tips on how to do that:
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My draft notes to myself are almost always:
EMOTION. EMOTION HERE!
😂 I really hope I never forget to delete any. 📚
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I just felt my character’s anger so much that my hands were in fists. 😱😄
👻Revising my Coraline-vibing ghost doll horror. Although it's third on my list of novels I'd query, I'm fixing it all up. 👻 This one is shorter than my others. I'm near the end right now, so the fight is on.
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My brain right now: I'd like to write this, work on that, write this and this and this and this! Which should I do first? 😆
Writing/reading can be such a mood. 📚
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I just felt my character’s anger so much that my hands were in fists. 😱😄
👻Revising my Coraline-vibing ghost doll horror. Although it's third on my list of novels I'd query, I'm fixing it all up. 👻 This one is shorter than my others. I'm near the end right now, so the fight is on.
#writing