Tiffany Gallant asked Lynn Yvonne Moon:

How do you start writing a book? I have a couple of ideas, but when I sit down to write, I feel like there are so many ways to write what I want to say that I just get frustrated.

Lynn Yvonne Moon The start of any novel should grab your reader's interest immediately. We cannot start off a story slow. I can't tell you how many manuscripts I've read and the author says, "Don't worry, it gets better." But most readers and agents will toss a book if it doesn't get them in the first couple of pages. In my first novel, Maddie is standing in front of a casket trying to accept her husband's death. Her little son is her only stability now. Wow, why did he die. What happened. In my second, a mother is watching TV New alerts about kidnapped children and babies! Wow, why so many kidnappings? In book 3, a Professor gets a frantic call from her brother that their mother just died. We need to begin with something that makes the reader want to know more. Make them beg for more. In my new YA series I start out with the young girl staring in a mirror asking herself about life and trying to accept her move to another state. How will she cope without her mother? We only have about 500 words to hook someone. Chose those words wisely. Good luck. Lynn

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