How Much Really Needs to Be in Your Novel’s Opening Sentence?

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

Writers hear it all the time—your opening sentence has to be perfect. It will make or break your novel. It must contain [random writing technique or aspect that supports whatever point the article is trying to make]. If it doesn’t, your writing career is over.

For new writers, this can be terrifying. That’s a huge amount of pressure to put on a dozen or so words. Even for established writers it can be intimidating. They might wonder, “Is that why I keep getting rejected?” “I that why my e-book isn’t selling on Amazon?”

If you’ve worried about this, you can relax. Yes, the opening line of your novel is important, but the only thing it has to do is this:

Make someone want to read the second line.

That’s it.

Read more »Written by Janice Hardy. Fiction-University.com