For
many authors, re-publishing in digital formats means the title, cover, blurb
and opening sentence become even more important, because that’s all prospective
buyers see. Sometimes the online catalogue or listing allows prospective reader
to look at a sample page and often this includes the opening paragraph.
Your
challenge is to write two different 100 word openings to the same short story,
novel or non-fiction piece. Each must introduce the character, setting and
conflict. Content can be the same. It must be your original story and probably
is your W.I.P.(work in progress). Labelled Buzz Words Historic Beginning
Challenge, these can be emailed to hazel@hazeledwards.com
Closing date is
30 April. The winner who will be announced in Buzz Words will be sent an e-
copy of Authorpreneurship: The Business of Creativity http://www.hazeledwards.com/shop/item/authorpreneurship-the-business-of-creativity and Fake
ID the YA family history mystery for adolescent readers,
http://www.hazeledwards.com/shop/item/fake-id plus
some other autographed print titles such as Chopper Rescue Stories and
Activities for mentoring and guided writing.
Below
is the opening to my novel, Fake I.D., a YA family history
mystery where Zoe investigates who her gran really was.
‘NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL AFTER MY DEATH.’
It was printed in black on the package.
So I opened it. Gran was dead. So in one way, it was
OK to open her envelope. On the day of your gran’s funeral, you expect to say
goodbye to her, help pack up the house and her belongings and even arrange for
her dog to be looked after. But you don’t expect to find out that she was
someone
else.
Fake ID, that’s what my gran had. For years and years.
Now I don’t know who she really was. But I’m going to find out. I have to.
Check
out www.hazeledwards.com for
background articles, especially
http://www.hazeledwards.com/page/aspiring_writers.html Also
e-books here: http://www.hazeledwards.com/shop
For a free issue of Buzz Words, an online magazine
for people in the children's book industry, write to dibates@outlook.com
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