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Grabbing the Reader
By Douglas Owen
The email message pops open in front of me: “The deadline is now!”
Here are a few methods to power the reader right into your novel and
make them want to read on.
The opening of a story should grab your reader and get them to sit
down and take notice. Why? Because it is the first thing they see. Well, The Threat!
not really true. They see the cover art. Hopefully it’s not something a
child drew with crayons or something. But what makes a person decide “Man,” said Teri,“is an endangered species.”
to choose your book to read?
If you read that as the first line of a huge book, would it interest you?
If the artwork is not there, they may still pick it up and look at the back. This is the first line of the tome I read at the age of 16. This book conMaybe see the synopsis put there by your friend or editor. You could tains 1079 pages and set me back $19. This book is an i