February 15, 2023 • 117 mins
In this episode, the latest in the Writing a Novel series, I look at some opening pages of published novels, and see if we can learn anything about what makes a compelling opening. The novels are in the commercial Fantasy/historical genres. Hopefully this will help me out figuring out how to open my own novel!
Here are the 3 books I talk about in this episode, with links if you'd like to buy them.
THE DESERT PRINCE by Peter V Brett: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10577/9780008309817
THE OBSIDIAN TOWER by Melissa Caruso:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10577/9780356513195
IRON QUEEN by Joanna Courtney: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10577/9780349419565
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