A special thank you to Paige Edward, Whitney Hemsath, and Rebecca Chartlon! They have given #50FirstChapters our first testimonials!
As a newbie writer, I spent a lot of time writing and reading about story. I entered a few contests for constructive feedback with less than stellar results. Discouraged, I thought I’d give #50FirstChapters a try. Nikki and Heather were able to cover areas of story I didn’t get. This year, I took third place in the LDS Storymakers First Chapter Contest in the Adult Mystery/Suspense category and first place in the ANWA BOB Contest under General Fiction. Thanks Nikki and Heather for teaching story instead of just talking about it.
—Paige Edwards, First Chapter Contest Winner
Planning a novel is a huge thing, but with their #50FirstChapters webinars, Nikki and Heather break it down into totally manageable tasks. Even better, their personalities continue to encourage you every step of the way.
–Whitney Hemsath, Previously Overwhelmed Novice :-)Nikki and Heather deconstructed writing in a way that finally made sense to me. Writer advice is full of almost-incomprehensible slogans like “show don’t tell” and “kill your darlings” that are rarely well-explained. Not so, here. Nikki and Heather made all that advice make sense. I applied their teachings to my own writing and went on to win 1st place in a regional writing competition. I can’t believe the best writing advice on the web is absolutely free! —Rebecca Charlton, First Chapter Contest Winner
I LOVED the series of webinars you and Heather did on 50 first chapters! I stumbled upon them and I can’t even tell you in adequate words (which maybe doesn’t make me a very good writer haha!!) how thankful I am for those webinars!!! I am a brand spankin’ new writing newbie who has dreamed of writing a novel for almost as long as I could write. I just couldn’t figure out HOW to get started and turn those thoughts into a story. I have so much more confidence going into this writing thing now, and feel like maybe I can actually do this haha! Anyway, I really just wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you SO much for taking the time to share your knowledge, experiences, and talent with everyone. I feel like after starring at your face for a week straight (I absorbed them as fast as I could, took SO many notes, paused in a million different places, and re-watched a few of them!) I kinda want to be your best friend !! You’re amazing! Congrats on the upcoming release of your book, can’t wait to read it! I hope I get the chance to thank you in person at Storymakers for completely changing writing for me!
–Angela Nelson Bricker, Newbie 🙂
(Angela sent that to me via private message and made my whole day. I just love her enthusiasm. Thanks, Angela!!)
It is such a privilege to meet fun, talented people. Paige, Whitney, Rebecca, and Angela you are awesome!!
