Nathan Bransford - The Forums

My all-time favorite opening is from Middlemarch , and it breaks every rule. The first paragraph is two pages long, all exposition, and absolutely jack $#!t happens until chapter, I don't know, 19 or 20? I'm exaggerating but not by much. Because Eliot is one of the most incredible writers in the his...

Blondie, I was in journalism for a while, had a nice career, then got sick of it and decided to write on my own. I'm writing fiction for the first time and it's been a struggle. Going in I thought I knew a lot about writing, and I did, somewhat, but I didn't know squat about storytelling. Since the ...