A fiction lesson in 21 words
From "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
I talk about the opening to this book repeatedly in fiction writing courses and presentations, so I figured I should write it up here as well.
How many times have you been in a bookstore, a library, or even on Amazon, and you grab a book off the shelf, read the first paragraph, then close it and put it back to keep looking? The book cover grabs your eye,…
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