Episode 3: How to Write a Gripping First Chapter
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This week we discuss how to create that gripping first chapter.
We explore 3 completely different, but equally genius, first chapters; talk about the do's and don'ts of grabbing your readers' attention; then finish up with a fun and interesting exercise!
Word of the week: Defenestrate - Throw someone (or something) out of a window.
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SHOWNOTES:
0:01 - 2:25 : Intro and word of the week
2:26 - 7:22 : Our opening thoughts on good beginnings
7:23 - 14:15 : Little Women
14:16 - 25:10 : Anne of Green Gables
25:11 - 28:55 : Prologues
28:56 - 35:17 : Pride and Prejudice
35:18 - 46:34 : Andrea's bad beginning
46:35 - 57:21 : April's bad beginning
57:22 - 1:03:08 : Closing thoughts and Haiku
Haiku:
Everything was gray
You walked into my life, and
Now I see color.
-Andrea M Grafton
Melted cheese on bread,
A tea tray and a movie:
A me-and-you day.
-April Wilson
Intro sound effects used with permission from freesound.org and provided by: fellwell5, kgatto, inspectorj, stubb, stu556
Intro piano music composed by Andrea M Grafton
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