{"id":17154,"date":"2012-12-24T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-02-26T08:56:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T13:56:01","slug":"inspired-openings-and-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transmediamutts.com\/blog\/inspired-openings-and-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagery, Intrigue, and Danger in Novel Openings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n  <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n  <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n  <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n  <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n  <w:Compatibility>\n   <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n   <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n   <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n   <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n   <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n  <\/w:Compatibility>\n  <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n <\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/img2.blogblog.com\/img\/video_object.png\" style=\"background-color: #b2b2b2; \" class=\"BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder\" id=\"ieooui\" data-original-id=\"ieooui\" \/>\n\n\n<style>\nst1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n mso-style-noshow:yes;\n mso-style-parent:\"\";\n mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\n mso-para-margin:0in;\n mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n mso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n font-size:10.0pt;\n font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n mso-ansi-language:#0400;\n mso-fareast-language:#0400;\n mso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\nHi everyone! My name is Jan, and I\u2019m a new contributor here at<br \/>\nAdventures in YA Publishing. Martina asked me to post today and introduce<br \/>\nmyself. I live in Oklahoma<br \/>\nwith my husband, two kids, two cats, a dog, and my mom. I write YA fantasy,<br \/>\nboth contemporary and traditional. I am much better at rewriting and editing,<br \/>\nso I usually spend an ungodly amount of time dragging myself through the<br \/>\ndrafting process. One of my favorite things in the world is critiquing, because<br \/>\nI love the process of shaping a manuscript into a book. <\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nOkay, enough about me. Let\u2019s get to the real post: Inspired<br \/>\nOpenings. I figured what better way to mark my beginning with the blog than a<br \/>\npost about beginnings.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nAs readers and writers, we all know how important openings<br \/>\nare. They help you decide whether to buy a book or put it back on the shelf.<br \/>\nThey help agents and editors decide whether to read on or send a rejection. So<br \/>\nwhat makes a great opening?<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n1. Imagery \u2013 It paints a picture with words, a picture<br \/>\nbeautiful enough that you want to see more of the author\u2019s art.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Walking to school over the snow-muffled cobbles, Karou had<br \/>\nno sinister premonitions about the day. It seemed like just another Monday,<br \/>\ninnocent but for its essential Mondayness, not to mention its Januaryness. It<br \/>\nwas cold, and it was dark\u2014in the dead of winter the sun didn\u2019t rise until<br \/>\neight\u2014but it was also lovely. The falling snow and the early hour conspired to<br \/>\npaint Prague<br \/>\nghostly, like a tintype photograph, all silver and haze.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nDaughter of Smoke and Bone<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nLaini Taylor<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>The air in London<br \/>\nwas grey. This was no surprise; but the common eye could not see the particular<br \/>\nheaviness of the atmosphere or the unusual weight of this special day\u2019s<br \/>\ncharcoal clouds: the sky was pregnant with a potent wind, for The Guard was<br \/>\nsearching for new hosts. <\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nThe Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nLeanna Renee Hieber<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n2. Intrigue \u2013 It makes you sit up and ask, \u201cOoh, I wonder<br \/>\nwhat that\u2019s about?\u201d So you read on to find out.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">I remember lying in<br \/>\nthe snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Shiver<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Maggie Stiefvater<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">I think I killed a<br \/>\ngirl who looked like this once.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Girl of Nightmares<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Kendare Blake<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>My mother thinks I\u2019m dead.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\nObviously I\u2019m not dead, but it\u2019s safer for her to think so.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nLegend<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nMarie Lu<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i><span class=\"bold1\">B<\/span>lue Sargent had forgotten how many<br \/>\ntimes she\u2019d been told that she would kill her true love.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nThe Raven Boys<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nMaggie Stiefvater<\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">3. Danger \u2013 It<br \/>\nmakes you worry about this character you know nothing about, because there is<br \/>\nan immediate threat to them.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i><span class=\"bold\">She grabbed the hilt<\/span> of her knife<br \/>\nand scrambled backward into the darkness, holding the baby close in her other<br \/>\narm. Beyond the fire, the wasteland was still, as if the wind and even the<br \/>\nstones had frozen in the night to listen, and then she heard it again, a faint<br \/>\nchink, like a footfall in pebbles. Someone or something was out there, watching<br \/>\nher.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nPrized<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nCaragh O\u2019Brien<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i><span class=\"calibre3\">He didn&#8217;t know how long he&#8217;d been<br \/>\nclinging there. Long enough for the bone-cold water to drive the feeling from<br \/>\nhis legs. Long enough for his fingers to tire of holding his head above water.<br \/>\nSomewhere in the distance, the eerie wail of the hounds quickened his<br \/>\nheartbeat.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<i><span class=\"calibre3\">He closed his eyes, concentrating on<br \/>\nkeeping his hold on the old well&#8217;s uneven sides, willing his heart to slow. They<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t smell you in here. They&#8217;ll lose your scent in the stream and they&#8217;ll<br \/>\nnever find you here.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<span class=\"calibre3\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Lament<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<span class=\"calibre3\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Maggie<br \/>\nStiefvater<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<span class=\"calibre3\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">4.<br \/>\nOther \u2013 These are the openings that don\u2019t really fit into one of the above<br \/>\ncategories. The ones you read and just know the book is going to be great.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i><span class=\"txit\">She\u2019s so lovely, so fragile.<\/span> Those<br \/>\nhaunted eyes. Those rosebud lips&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. they\u2019ll scream so<br \/>\nprettily.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\nPoison Princess<\/div>\n<div>\nKresley Cole<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<i>All children, except one, grow up.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<i>Peter Pan<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\nJ. M. Barrie<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nSo, what kind of openings do you like? Share some of your<br \/>\nfavorites in the comments.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nI am so happy to be a part of Adventures in YA Publishing.<br \/>\nThanks so much for having me, Martina!<span class=\"calibre3\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nI hope you all have a fabulous holiday!<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nJan <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! My name is Jan, and I\u2019m a new contributor here at Adventures in YA Publishing. Martina asked me to post today and introduce myself. 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