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9 WORST WAYS TO START YOUR NOVEL

By:  Nate Philbrick

The following is a list of some of the worst ways you can begin your novel. The list is based both on professional agent/editor/publisher's opinions as well as on my reactions to these scenarios as a reader and writer myself.

Note: this list does not refer to aspects of your opening scene such as too much/too little of any given element (dialogue, narrative, etc.). It refers to the opening scene as a whole unit, and what it should not be as such.

Please read each item's paragraph carefully, as I provide my reasons for including said item on the list, as well as potential exceptions, solutions, etc.

Shall we begin?

Dream sequence . . .

Read the full article HERE!

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:

1. Are You Building Your Writer Platform at Gunpoint? | Your Writer Platform http://ow.ly/Dkewz
2. BookMarketingBuzzBlog: What One Can Do To Market A Book http://ow.ly/DkfdB
3. Trouble With Your Latest Story? 10 Ways to Reinvent Your Writing Style - Helping Writers Become Authors http://ow.ly/Dkkuv
4. 10 Ways to Get More Email Subscribers and Build a Powerful List | Daniel Decker http://ow.ly/DkkC7
5. Write with Boldness | The Editor's Blog http://ow.ly/DkkHB  Push Yourself to New Heights or Explore the Depths
6. Flash Flood Fiction: 9 Worst Ways To Start Your Novel http://ow.ly/Dkl1G
7. The Book Shepherds: Moving from Wannabe Author to Real Thing http://ow.ly/Dklig
8. How to Structure Your Reveals | Stavros Halvatzis Ph.D. http://ow.ly/DklpO
9. Writability: Some Thoughts on #AuthorYes http://ow.ly/DklDs
10. The Writers Alley: Pucker Up … and kiss like you mean it! http://ow.ly/DklKd
11. Serve the Story - A Writer's Journey http://ow.ly/DklWR It’s all about the story. When deciding what to cut, ask yourself...
12. Ruby Slippered Sisterhood » Are You An Affiliate? http://ow.ly/DkmcL
13. Writers On The Move: Make Your Dreams a Reality with 15 Minutes a Day http://ow.ly/DkmfO
14. Ten Facebook Pages for Writers and Authors - Where Writers Win http://ow.ly/Dkp9f
15. Facebook Rooms: This Week in Social Media | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/DkrF9

Happy writing and running, Kathy