Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go Horror_Gift_Guide Too bad secrets have a

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Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go Horror_Gift_Guide Too bad secrets have aThe road to rejection is paved with bad beginnings. Agents and editors agree: Improper story beginnings are the single biggest barrier to publication. Why? If a novel or short story has a bad beginning, then no one will keep reading. It's just that simple. In Hooked, author Les Edgerton draws on his experience as a successful fiction writer and teacher to help you overcome the weak openings that lead to instant rejection by showing you how to