C.S. Lakin: Think like a filmmaker to draw readers in from the start

No matter what you put on the first page of your novel, it has one job: to draw the reader in.

And C.S. Lakin says this can be done effectively by borrowing techniques from the film industry.

She identifies three such tricks and explains how these cinematic techniques can capture readers on your first page in a post at her Live Write Thrive blog.

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