What makes a good novel beginning? How do you capture a reader’s (or agent’s) attention? How much detail should you have before it becomes too much? Working on slides for my writing course got me really thinking about the beginning of novels. Everyone says...
I used to play around with short stories. I didn’t think there was much to them. They were a novel in miniature without all the detail and fluff. Well, no. Not exactly. It’s great to have an opinion on something when you have little experience actually doing it. Like...
