Episode 37 - Grab them by the eyeballs!

The Creative Writer's Toolbelt

May 29 2015 | 00:17:45

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Show Notes

What are the three key objectives you need to achieve at the start of your story? In this episode we will be exploring in more detail stage one of the six stages of story I outlined in episode 36. And in this opening stage there are three things you must achieve as your story gets started: first grab your reader and keep them, second, set out your stall in terms of setting character and voice, and third, create the need for change and action.

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