Showing posts with label Let the Murders Begin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Let the Murders Begin. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

A Fun Exercise for Writers: Let the Murders Begin

by Eva Marie Everson @EvaMarieEverson


Don't miss this fun game for writers!
This spring, Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl) posted a “Quick and Dirty” blog concerning fiction writer Marc Laidlaw and his wildly popular tweet from the week before.

“The first line of almost any story,” he tweeted, “can be improved by making sure the second line is, ‘And then the murders began.’”