143 How to Write Great Beginnings with Sandra Gerth

Episode Show Notes In this episode we cover:  The most common mistakes authors make with beginnings What you need to establish in the first act and first chapter How to handle prologues and flashbacks Hooks How to know when you have the right beginning This week’s question is: It’s mid year. What one thing will you complete by the end of the year? Recommendation of the week is: The Fantastical Transmogrifier: A Camp Enigma Novel by Patron Jennifer Roundell Amazon UK Amazon USA ***this show uses affiliate links Links I mentioned are: Sacha’s Sapphic Mailing List: Get 250+ sapphic YA book recommendations Find out more about Sandra at: Write Great Beginnings Free cheat sheet with 20 dos and don'ts of writing great beginnings Newsletter for authors   Rebel of the Week is: Beth Cox If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] 2 new patrons this week, welcome and thank you to Marian Sargent and Shannon Grogan. A big thank you to my existing patrons as well. If you’d like to support the show, and get early access to all the episodes as well as bonus content you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack    THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY KOBO WRITING LIFE Visit Kobo Writing Life here, read the Kobo Writing Life blog here, and listen to their podcast here.