Raise the stakes. What does your character stand to lose right now… and how can you make it worse?
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If your story feels stuck, it’s often the middle asking for more tension. Test your characters.
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How to Write a Beginning that Hooks Your Reader I can’t believe it’s the end of another week. I committed to writing at least one writing craft blog post per week, and it seems to come around so quickly. I hope you have all had a productive...

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The middle of your story is where things deepen. Stay with it. This is where the real work happens.
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How to Write a Beginning that Hooks Your Reader I can’t believe it’s the end of another week. I committed to writing at least one writing craft blog post per week, and it seems to come around so quickly. I hope you have all had a productive...

Please read & comment on this week's Blog Post - How to Write a Beginning that Hooks Your Reader- and leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you. Includes links to submit to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Flash Flood, and to my FREE Substack. #Writing www.debbivoisey.co.uk/musings/how-...

Beginnings don’t need to tell everything. They just need to make the reader want more.
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Novel Course June 13th Open for Booking - What are you waiting for?

Hope you can join us - starts Saturday June 13th. It's closer than you think! #writing #novels #novelcourse #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

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Write three different opening lines for the same story: one quiet, one dramatic, one mysterious. See which pulls you in most.
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Look at your first paragraph. Is it doing enough work? Could it be sharper, clearer, more intriguing?
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A strong opening doesn’t explain, it invites. Let the reader lean in and ask questions.
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Open with movement, tension, or curiosity. Give the reader a reason to keep going from the very first line.
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You don’t need to start at the beginning of everything, just the beginning of *this* story.
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You can follow my FB writing page. I am out of the house now so can't provide links, but my name is searchable x

I use Twitter, Instagram, substack and Facebook.

I do. You can search me up 😁

I dont self publish. My publishers did all that 🙂

Lol... I already answered that a few answers up xx

Yes, it is. X

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I have three books available on Amazon. Two novellas-in-flash and one novel.

A novel and various pieces of flash and short stories. How about you?

Every story I write I think about this... about what my opening is saying and whether it's interesting and important enough to make someone want to read on 🙂

What Makes Dialogue Work This week in my daily social media posts I have been focusing on dialogue. Dialogue is often where a story comes alive, but it’s also where it can lose its power. One of the most common arguments...

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The beginning of your story makes a promise to the reader. Make sure it’s a promise you’re excited to keep.
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What Makes Dialogue Work This week in my daily social media posts I have been focusing on dialogue. Dialogue is often where a story comes alive, but it’s also where it can lose its power. One of the most common arguments...

*NEW BLOG POST* "What Makes Dialogue Work" - Please read and leave your comment on the post. #writing #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky www.debbivoisey.co.uk/musings/what...

Look at your dialogue. Could any line be cut without losing meaning? If yes, cut it. Clean dialogue is powerful #dialogue.
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Let characters talk at each other, not always to each other. Misunderstanding and misalignment create energy, and can be fun!
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Write a scene using only dialogue. No tags, no description. Then add just enough back in to build it. Notice what changes.
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Give each character a slightly different rhythm or tone. Not accents, just subtle differences in how they speak and respond. Try a short practice conversation between friends.
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What a character avoids saying is often more powerful than what they do say. Let silence, pauses, and deflection carry meaning.
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