First Page Workshop
Hook Your Reader on the First Page A Uniquely Formatted Online Course to Create a Compelling Opening and Writing Community What to Expect: Starting 6/3/26 , participants have 13 days to watch 4 instructional videos and do exercises via a private webpage. Participants spruce up or create a dynamic opening for a book, memoir, or short story of up to 300 words. Two Ask Me Anything video calls will take place during that time to clear up any confusion about the videos or the exercises and to help you make your opening as compelling as possible. And I do mean "Anything"–even questions about writing that fall outside the course are welcome. By 6/15/26 , opening pages are submitted and distributed anonymously to the other participants via a link. Participants review other writers’ openings and answer three questions by 6/29/26 (14 days): Does it make you want to turn the page and keep reading? What hook...