Tagged with novels

Opening scenes in novels

– Alissa Baxter When I was writing my first novel, The Dashing Debutante, I sent the first few chapters to a well-known American romance author and asked her for some feedback. She emailed me a critique of the book and told me that I had started it in the wrong place and that I needed … Continue reading »

Preparing for the writers life

I sometimes imagine all the unfinished novels in drawers. All the characters who will never finish their journeys; the stories that will never draw to an end.

Perhaps that in itself could be the starting point for a story. (Just an idea.) But why is it that so many people start out on their first novel with such enthusiasm, put so much effort and time into it, and then …? Continue reading »