Paid Workshop | Opening Chapters: How to Start Your Story
How This Workshop Will Help You
You have a novel or memoir in mind, but what should happen in Chapter One? Do you start at the beginning? Maybe with a prologue? Could the story start at the end, then flashback to the beginning? How do you decide?
It helps to understand what opening sentences and paragraphs are supposed to accomplish. We’ll also look at wonderful and not-so-wonderful examples from literature. You’ll leave this FREE SEMINAR with lots of possibilities to ponder for your own Great Opening Chapters.
What You’ll Learn
- Why first sentences and first chapters are so important
- Why the actual beginning of a story may not be the best place to start
- Why Chapter Three might turn out to be Chapter One
- How to avoid those boring “set up” chapters
- When to begin with a prologue
What You’ll Do in the Workshop
- Examine great first lines to see why they work
- Compare types of opening chapters
- You’ll practice improving dull first lines
- You’ll do brief writing prompts, so have a computer or paper and pen handy
Who Should Attend
- New writers are always welcome—we all work at our own level
- Writers with work-in-progress that might need a better opening
- Experienced writers open to a new twist on what they already know.
Yours forever for just $45