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Northwest Houston RWA presents a one-day workshop with Mary Buckham. $20 for NWH members; $25 for non-members.
Break Into Fiction® Power Writing Day
Mary Buckham
SUPER POWER OPENINGS
Can you sell your book based on your opening alone? Agents, editors and thousands of readers are going to decide to choose your book based on your opening. Is yours ready? Bring the first 150 words of your story to test its strength.
Can you sell your book based on your opening alone? Agents, editors and thousands of readers are going to decide to choose your book based on your opening. Is yours ready? Bring the first 150 words of your story to test its strength.
ANALYZE THIS: SCENE SURVIVAL TEST:
Test the Strength of Your Scene
Submissions live or die by the strength of scenes. Are your scenes loaded with key elements or bloated with filler? Bring a scene from your story and come prepared to test its strength.
Submissions live or die by the strength of scenes. Are your scenes loaded with key elements or bloated with filler? Bring a scene from your story and come prepared to test its strength.
ACTIVE SETTINGS
Setting can bog down pacing. Give your setting an active role in your story. Use Deep POV to spin boring descriptions into engaging prose. Bring a brief passage/excerpt [approximately 100 words] of setting from your manuscript for deep analysis.
HOW MANY HOOKS ARE ENOUGH?
Whether you’re a plotter or seat-of-the-pants writer, the simplest way to avoid a sagging middle is to understand how to continually build hooks into your story. So how many hooks are enough? Knowing the answer to that question can be the difference between a compelling story and one that drags.
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