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" Hooked : "
Les Edgerton.
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BL
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960865
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b715235
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| Main Entry
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Edgerton, Leslie.
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| Title & Author
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Hooked : : write fiction that grabs readers at page one and never lets them go /\ Les Edgerton.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Cincinnati, Ohio :: Writer's Digest Books,, ©2007.
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xiv, 242 pages ;; 18 cm
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| ISBN
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1582974578
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: 1582975140
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: 9781582974576
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: 9781582975146
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Why a book on beginnings -- Story structure and the scene -- Opening scenes: an overview -- The inciting incident, the initial surface problem, and the story-worthy problem -- The setup and backstory -- Combining the inciting incident, story-worthy problem, initial surface problem, setup, and backstory -- Introducing your characters -- Foreshadowing, language, and setting -- Great opening lines -- Red flag openers to avoid -- Opening scene length and the use of transitions -- The view from the agent's and editor's chair -- Play the game forward.
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| Abstract
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Provides tips and instruction for creating a strong opening to any fiction.
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| Subject
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Fiction-- Authorship.
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Fiction-- Authorship.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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PN3355.E34 2007
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