Thursday 28 November 2013

Grabbing the reader

OK, OK, I know I bang on about starts but some of the entries into the November Global Short Story Competition (still a very low entry, good time to have a go at the £100 first prize) show their importance.

Whether it’s drawing the reader into the author’s world through vivid description, creating intrigue through a striking sentence or idea or introducing us to a fresh and distinctive voice, the opening lines of several of the stories grab you.

And they need to because a good start can take you a long way and tip the odds of success in competitions like ours.

You can enter at www.inscribemedia.co.uk

John Dean

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