Ep 8: Novel Openings: How We Get Hooked

In this episode, Leslye and Ines break down the necessary elements of First Scenes and First Lines. Want to see how we cracked the code to awesome beginnings? Curl up and listen close!

 

Grab K.M. Weiland’s Structuring Your Novel for tips on crafting your first scenes here: https://amzn.to/3RXzad9

 

We love the movies too, but have you ever read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice? Check it out: https://amzn.to/3TDRiKp

 

Check out Leslye’s voice with her masterful novels

• Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope - https://books2read.com/TheMonstersWeDefy
• Savage City by L. Penelope - https://books2read.com/savagecity
• Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope - https://books2read.com/earthsinger1
• Whispers of Shadow and Flame by L. Penelope - https://amzn.to/2SGZtmF

 

Great First Line Examples

• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - https://amzn.to/3H5YHKI

• Uprooted by Naomi Novik - https://amzn.to/3GXwt54

• Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover - https://amzn.to/3tC32T0

• Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay - https://amzn.to/3NMp4t8

• Paradise by Toni Morrison - https://amzn.to/3NMNoLw

• Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh - https://amzn.to/3vhCLtH

 

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Get ready for Hostage to Pleasure, coming in next week! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/47M2BUy 

 

Find the hosts online at:

L. Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/ 

Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/ 

 

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