It takes the average reader and 47 minutes to read Firsts in Fiction: First Line Hooks, Hints & Help: Writing with Excellence Series by Aaron D. Gansky
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Admit it: you've gone to your local book store, picked up a book, and skimmed the opening page. Don't be ashamed. You're not alone. Now, as a writer, ask yourself this: if a casual consumer picked up your story, your novel, what would they think of your first line? Scary thought? If you're a writer, chances are you've been stuck on how to craft an opening line. This book can help. Analyzing some of the greatest first lines in fiction can help us find the techniques the masters used in creating some of the most enduring lines in literature. But more than just a simple analysis, this book will show you how to compress things like character, conflict, voice, and setting into a line that will embody an entire work, and immediately establish your authority as a writer. After reading this book, you'll have the confidence and tools to craft a first line that will make editors and casual consumers stand up and take notice. And regardless of the words you choose to use, your first lines will say, very loudly, very proudly, "This is a book you have to read."
Firsts in Fiction: First Line Hooks, Hints & Help: Writing with Excellence Series by Aaron D. Gansky is 46 pages long, and a total of 11,776 words.
This makes it 16% the length of the average book. It also has 14% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 4 minutes to read Firsts in Fiction: First Line Hooks, Hints & Help: Writing with Excellence Series aloud.
Firsts in Fiction: First Line Hooks, Hints & Help: Writing with Excellence Series is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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