How to Get Published – Step 3

Lost in her Thoughts – Samy Charnine

An abridged version of this post appeared on May 16th over at The Supernatural Underground.

Hi Everyone! Next in the Steps to Publication series: the opening line.

Every story begins with a spell, invoked through the opening line. We can expand this to say every chapter, every scene and even every paragraph also begins with a spell.

Why? According the the Harry Potter universe, an opening spell facilitates the passage between two zones, creating an accessi...