Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Hooking your reader

Interview Friday: Dean Hughes, author of 100 books

Dean Hughes has published more than 100 books.   He has written fiction as well as non-fiction for all ages: children, young adults and adults. He is best known for Children of the Promise, a series of historical novels about the World War II.   He and his wife Kathy have three children and nine grandchildren.   They live in Midway, Utah. VS: What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? Dean: I have always gone about writing as though it’s a regular job.   I write most days, but keep my evenings and weekends free for family time, house-keeping, entertainment and church.   My wife and I have had an empty nest for a long time now, so we do many things together.   In addition, I play some golf, do some amateur photographic work, fly fish and read a lot. VS: How long have you been writing? Dean: I published my first book in 1979, so I’ve been putting out books for 35 years, but I was writing long before that.   I learned most of what

The Storyteller's Scroll: "First Sentence Contest" at The Storyteller's Scroll

The Storyteller's Scroll: "First Sentence Contest" at The Storyteller's Scro... : FIRST SENTENCES IN A FLASH! First sentences must be dynamic from the very first glance. “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clock were striking thirteen." -1984 Ceorge Orwell See what I mean... As writer's we often struggle with our opening lines. Thie story might be fantastic, but if we don't get the reader hooked in the beginning they'll never get to our wonderful story.  You want a reader to get that unmistakable "WOW!" feeling at the start. Something ticks in their brain that tells them they absolutely MUST read your story, be it picture book or novel! So to help polish all those first lines I have a contest to share with you. For more details visit http://thestorytellersscroll.blogspot.com/2012/02/first-sentence-contest-at-storytellers.html