I'm a day behind on this entry because I was getting ready for a book signing on Saturday and lost track of time, but I hope that today's post will make up for that :)
When writing your story, start out with an action scene. You want to hook your reader from the first page. Don’t open on a boring or typical moment in your character's life. Begin with a unique and interesting action to bring us into their world. For reference, the prologue of The Guardian of Kelmar opens with this:
Blaine Fox ran through the dark alley, wanting to get as far away from the burning building as he could. His sleeping granddaughter was wrapped in a bundle of blankets in his arms, her tiny hand clasped around a small, golden key. The smoke from the fire, which had engulfed her parents’ printing factory, billowed out in great black clouds, up into the starless night sky and onto the street. Onlookers gasped, pointing up at the building whose structure would soon collapse upon itself, leaving only a charred pile of ash in its wake as the first rays of dawn came to life over the horizon.
I begin the book with a key moment in the life of my main character, Carmen Fox. It's fast-moving, atypical, and it sets the stage for the rest of the adventure.
To determine if your opening scene is doing the job, you should ask yourself if it would make a good opening scene in a movie. Would it be interesting enough to captivate an audience? Would they be on the edge of their seats, or falling asleep? If you don't think that they'd be riveted, you should probably consider doing some rewriting to make it more exciting.
Have fun, and whatever you do, don't be ordinary, and keep it interesting!
Happy writing! :)
Laura Sepesi
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The Guardian of Kelmar
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