In my new book, Wearer of the Gold, a new Christian sci-fi novel, I wanted to set up a scene that clearly let the reader know this was another world. The objective is to go off-world immediately with the reader. I also wanted the reader to feel the tension and develop an interest in continuing with the story. (It is essential that you draw the reader into the story.) The scene opens like this…

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There are endless varieties of ways to open your story. Some writers love to open their book with an action scene, while others prefer setting the scene, decorating the stage as it were, with the landscape and/or the characters. James Michener did that a lot. Whatever you do, it must be an opening that makes the reader want to know what’s going to happen next. Read the rest of this entry »