Monday, February 11, 2008

Revising: Improving Your Beginning

Step Three: Revising
Create vivid openings.
Openings should do two things:
Catch a reader’s interest.
Focus the attention on the topic of the narrative.

Find Examples
Use the textbook under your desk to find three examples of particularly good openings.
Write the sentence or phrase you think is particularly good, the title, author, and page number.

Rewrite Your Opening
Rewrite your opening sentence.
Will your opening interest your readers?
Does your opening suggest to your reader what your narrative will be about?
Homework:
Rewrite your opening, making the necessary changes.

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