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    Episode 87 - How to write a fabulous first sentence.

    Episode 87 - How to write a fabulous first sentence.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Episode 87 - How to write a fabulous first sentence.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Length:
    30 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 17, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The first sentence of our story should suggest to the reader, "Come on in and listen."  A good first sentence propels the reader into the story, and here are some ways to write them.   Also: Stephen King's twenty important techniques for writing.Support the show
    Released:
    Nov 17, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.