Publisher's Synopsis
In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings gives you 8 strategies each for beginning and ending your stories that will satisfy all readers and lift your tales to the next level. Designed for all levels-beginner, intermediate and advanced-all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. The most important part of your story is the beginning-the first sentence, the first paragraph, the first page. That is what readers scan when deciding whether to read your story. In Unit 11: Brilliant Beginnings you will learn 8 different strategies for crafting a dynamite opening line that will hook readers immediately, methods for completing a compelling first paragraph, and techniques to craft an entirely gripping first page. Technique that will capture readers and make them continue turning pages. Unit 12: Extraordinary Endings, takes you through the second most important part of your story: the ending. If readers aren't satisfied with your ending, they won't bother with another of your books. In Unit 12 you will learn the secrets to choosing the proper ending for whatever story you write- the Symbolism Ending, the Observation Ending, the Q&A Ending, etc.-8 types of endings that will so satisfy your readers that they will smile and say, "I'm so glad I read that!" And pick up your next story. Even though these are Units #11 and #12, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes and Voice/Style begin to increase your writing skills today. Look for the other workbooks in the Write It Right series: #1: Character, Setting, Story; #2: Point of View; #3: Plot, Dialogue; # 4: Scenes, Voice/Style, and#5: Conflict/Tension, Subplot.
