About This Training
101 level to intermediate
Everyone agrees that a book’s opening pages are all-important in winning the reader’s sympathy and attention. But knowing that doesn’t make it easy to create a compelling opening. That’s often because the way the author approaches the story is far different from how the reader should be introduced to it.
In this workshop, we’ll look at real opening scenes from published books of various genres, discussing what works and what doesn’t work — and then we’ll apply those insights to helping writers move from the author’s perspective to look at how they can most effectively draw readers into their own stories.
About Leigh Michaels
Leigh Michaels is an author, editor, mentor, and book coach. The author of more than 100 books, she has been published by Harlequin Books, Sourcebooks, and Montlake Romance, in 27 languages and 120 countries, with more than 35 million copies in print. She is a six-time finalist in the RITA competition sponsored by Romance Writers of America. The author of Writing the Romance Novel, she teaches romance writing at Gotham Writers Workshop, where more than 100 of her students have gone on to success in publishing.
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