So today I was lucky enough to have lunch with Scott Forman, who leads Utah’s Horror Writer chapter, and Jeff Scott Savage of 13 Case Files fame and they asked how to find the link for my upcoming webinar.
That link was supposed to be on this website.
Oops.
But finally . . . the link to the 50 First Chapters Webinar is here!
Literally. Just click on the link and you’ll go to a Youtube page. Once there, you’ll see a countdown to 8 PM. At 8 PM, you’ll see the webinar conference going live. Please note that there may be a 60-90 second airing delay, so you may have to wait until 8:01. Do some relaxation exercises in the meantime. In case you have trouble with the link, the address is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4pbqg9dngc
Cool advertisement and course description below!
When your reader scopes your first chapter, imagine it like he’s trying to get a date. Does he pick the cute girl studying in the corner, or the gal who announces she’s new in town, has tickets to a hockey game, and is dying to try the local food rave? You know the answer. He goes for the girl who’s ready to live a new story, and yes, he goes for a first chapter that promises the same. Plain old good writing isn’t enough for a first date, er, chapter. Have you organized the flow of your story to advertise early your most interesting characters, your coolest action scenes, the deepest irony of your premise? Is it depressing to invent all that coolness and figure out how to show it off in the first 12-20 pages AND set up a story arc, theme, and inner conflict at the same time? Heck, no! First chapters are so full of promise that sometimes readers cheat on their existing books just to ride the first-chapter wave all over again with a new one. (Not me. I break-up first.)
For info on all three sessions, go here.
For the hand-out that accompanies the first session, go here.
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