Choose one sentence from the opening paragraph of the novel you are currently reading, and use it to begin your story. Here’s mine from The Tribune’s Curse by John Maddox Roberts: “If you are supremely happy, the gods have it in for you.”
Heather Wright's work has been published in local and national
publications and on the Web. Her column “Write Angles,” published in What If? Canada’s Creative Magazine for Teens,
became the basis of her book, Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens.
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