First Chapters: 7 Key Questions to Ask About Your Opening Pages
A Talk by Abigail Perry (Abigail K. Perry, LLC)
About this Talk
First chapters have to do so much. Few teachers have thought about those opening pages in as much detail as Abigail Perry: see how she applies 7 Key First Chapter Questions (courtesy of Paula Munier's THE WRITER'S GUIDE TO BEGINNINGS) to determine if a novel is off to a captivating start. Plus, Abigail uses examples to show how you can use these frameworks of plotting, character, and revision to determine what should (and what should not) go into your first chapter.