“Or Emily’s Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales, a book about fairies? (And also one I just got my hot little hands on and can’t wait to read. Case closed.)” Ooh!!! Thank you for this book alert.
What a relief to know I'm not the only one who rewrites the first chapter a million times. I realized today, it's the same with first paragraphs of chapters. I have to get them just right. Arrrghh. Thank you for reading and commenting!
This is so helpful--and your checklist is all the things I look for in my first chapters, too. I also rewrite them several times--and usually once more when I've reached the end of the book. So insightful, as always! 💙
“Or Emily’s Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales, a book about fairies? (And also one I just got my hot little hands on and can’t wait to read. Case closed.)” Ooh!!! Thank you for this book alert.
And I love this letter.
Thank you for reading! And I recommend starting with the first Emily Wilde--Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. You'll get hooked!
There's some interesting thoughts! Hmm. Will look at a couple of first chapters!
Let me know how it goes!
I love, love, love this post! You've no idea how long I've been waiting for just this very article!
Donna Michel in Nashville
Oh that makes me so happy! I'm glad it will be helpful.
Heck yeah it’s hard. But worth gutting through it.
Gutting through is a good way to put it.
What a relief to know I'm not the only one who rewrites the first chapter a million times. I realized today, it's the same with first paragraphs of chapters. I have to get them just right. Arrrghh. Thank you for reading and commenting!
This is so helpful--and your checklist is all the things I look for in my first chapters, too. I also rewrite them several times--and usually once more when I've reached the end of the book. So insightful, as always! 💙