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  • First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Cinder

    First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Cinder

    January 27, 2016

    This week, in our examination of first pages of best-selling novels, we’re taking a look at a best-selling teen fantasy…

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  • First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Martian

    First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Martian

    January 20, 2016

    The Martian is a beautifully structured novel (and a terrific movie), and it draws readers right into the story on…

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  • First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Flight Behavior

    First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Flight Behavior

    January 13, 2016

    This week, in our examination of first pages of best-selling novels, we’re taking a look at Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Flight Behavior…

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  • First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: See Me

    First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: See Me

    January 6, 2016

    We’re starting off this new year at Live Write Thrive neck-deep into scene structure. Great scenes seem to flow effortlessly…

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  • Looking Back over the Journey to the Heart

    Looking Back over the Journey to the Heart

    December 26, 2012

    “The idea is to write so that people hear it, and it slides through the brain and goes straight to…

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  • The Defining of a Scene

    The Defining of a Scene

    April 18, 2012

    While we’re on this multi-monthlong discussion of all the essential elements needed in your first few pages, I want to…

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  • First Paragraph, First Thoughts

    First Paragraph, First Thoughts

    February 22, 2012

    We’re discussing the heart of your story and all the major elements you need to set up in your first…

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  • The Place Where All Stories Begin

    The Place Where All Stories Begin

    January 4, 2012

    I thought it would be appropriate to start the New Year focusing on beginnings. Most authors know that the beginning…

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