EPISODE · Jun 20, 2025 · 46 MIN
🔥What Makes a Killer First Page?
from Writers Behaving Badly Podcast · host Annie Bucknall, Brooke Turnbull, and Lisa Ireland
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: Annie cries into her keyboard and calls it kink, Brooke rewrites her way out of despair, Lisa almost writes (Word is open!), and we all lose our minds over a listener’s first page. Also: AI in publishing—is it the end of craft as we know it?What You'll Learn:How to craft a first page that grips and devastatesThe emotional tools to write through chaosWhy great writing doesn’t need connections—just humanityWhether AI is a shortcut or creative death spiralSegments Inside:✍️ Sins & WinsRewrites, rage, and resilience—plus a reminder that “almost writing” still counts.🔥 Roast or ToastA listener delivers a mangy dog metaphor we won’t shut up about. Submission tip: raw truth + character voice = gold.🙋♀️ Curly QuestionCan you get published without connections? Lisa shares the only “networking” that actually matters.🍵 Tea Time RantGenerative AI in writing: we talk about it. Lisa would rather chew on a teabag than let a robot write her sentences, and honestly, fair.Like the pod? Leave us a review so we can keep reminding you that imposter syndrome ain't worth your time! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit writersbehavingbadly.substack.com/subscribe
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🔥What Makes a Killer First Page?
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