Madelyn (Maddie) (GFB)
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Madeline Martin:
hi! I just wanted to let you know that I read your book The last bookshop in London and I loved it! I'm currently writing a book and I was wondering how to start it off? im having some trouble with that. TIA!
Madeline Martin
Thank you so much, Madelyn (hey, nice name, BTW ;) ) Congratulations on writing a book!! Starting a book off in the right place can be tricky and a lot of times it goes off of 'gut instinct'. If you're at a place that doesn't require too much backstory detailed out and does jump into action pretty quickly without leaving someone confused as to how all that action began, that's usually a pretty good spot.
Also, different genres will have different starting points. Romance = the "meet cute", historical fiction = the big change that is coming happens after a brief showing of 'normal life', thrillers = body (or some crime) shows up, etc.
There is a lot of great content on Youtube and a lot of great blogs out there. It might be helpful to search the genre you're writing to see what authors in that genre recommend for the starting point.
I hope that helps. Best of luck to you with your book! :)
Hugs,
Madeline
Also, different genres will have different starting points. Romance = the "meet cute", historical fiction = the big change that is coming happens after a brief showing of 'normal life', thrillers = body (or some crime) shows up, etc.
There is a lot of great content on Youtube and a lot of great blogs out there. It might be helpful to search the genre you're writing to see what authors in that genre recommend for the starting point.
I hope that helps. Best of luck to you with your book! :)
Hugs,
Madeline
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Donna
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Madeline Martin:
While reading The Last Bookshop in London I felt like I was there in London at those bleakest of hours. I think I got a better understanding of the true terror and horror of war, more so than if I had watched a dozen documentaries. It was rough, but I’m truly grateful to you for that 1st person account of our world history. My question is, how did you do it (!), a lot of research?
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