Do you think it's ok to have a rhetorical question as a first sentence of a novel? Something along t…
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Hi allHope you are all well. I have been tweaking my first chapter that I posted a few months ago. …
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HelloI am definitely feeling a bit anxious right now! I am quite new to writing and haven't shared …
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Yes absolutely. The MC has started a new school and I'm trying to establish that fish out of water feeling. Finding friends and belonging is her main aim in the story.
I hadn't thought of that. Good point. As Georgina notes below, I'm trying to establish that the MC is lonely. So the first two lines read "Was it wrong to want someone to talk to? At first it hadn't seemed like too much for Eleanor to expect from her new school." I will mull it over some more.
Oh brill! Thanks Kate! That's really helpful and gives me a good idea of what to plan for. I'm keen to get the most out of it that I can. I'm really looking forward to it I have to say.
I'd second this. I have been advised that because my teen WIP wouldn't fit on the Waterstones shelves I should write it down to MG. I'd be interested as to whether the teen readership bracket is completely unmarketable.
Thanks.
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Great points. I hadn't even thought of it from that perspective. I will have a rethink.