First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Time Traveler’s Wife
This week, in our examination of first pages of best-selling novels, we’re taking a look at Audrey Niffenegger’s very creative and…
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Scene Structure: Opening Hooks
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Girl on the Train
As we’ve been seeing each week in this exploration of first pages, openings to novels carry a heavy burden. It’s…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Leaving Time
This week, in our examination of first pages of best-selling novels, we’re taking a look at a best-selling novel by…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Cinder
This week, in our examination of first pages of best-selling novels, we’re taking a look at a best-selling teen fantasy…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Martian
The Martian is a beautifully structured novel (and a terrific movie), and it draws readers right into the story on…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Flight Behavior
This week, in our examination of first pages of best-selling novels, we’re taking a look at Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Flight Behavior…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: See Me
We’re starting off this new year at Live Write Thrive neck-deep into scene structure. Great scenes seem to flow effortlessly…
Five Months on the First Scene
Believe it or not, I’ve spent the first five months of 2012 discussing the essential elements that must be in…
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