Taking An Interesting First Sentence to Create A Scene We are back at it! As you may know last year, I published my second prompt book, 100 First Sentences: Creative Prompts That Do The Hard Part For You. Inside includes 100 first sentences to help write your next story. As we all know the first sentence is what grabs the readers attention and makes them keep reading the story. While creating my new prompt book I thought some of the sentences would be fun to use in some of my

Crafting a Sentence to Keep Readers Engaged When reading writing advice, one common theme you see is the importance of crafting the very first sentence. How one should come up with an unique take to get readers attention instantly. Now, do I think writing a great opening to a story is important? Yes. Does that mean it has to include the first sentence? No. Not all stories need that ‘wow’ opener. Especially when the plot of the story is most important. It doesn’t need to conta

People Love to Hear It Storytelling isn't always on the page. It's in the way our voices fluctuate and how our faces express our exact emotions when connecting to a story. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love telling stories in person. Seeing other's wish they had experienced what I had experienced gives me pride in my storytelling abilities. So today, I figured I would write two stories I love to tell people. They might not come across the same on paper, but I'm