Session Date/Time:
Friday, February 13th at 4:00 PM ET
First Chapters That Hook: Crafting Powerful Story Openings
Your opening chapter decides whether readers keep turning pages or quietly move on. In this focused workshop, writer and speaker Kanika Bailey shows you how to design first chapters that grip attention, establish character and conflict, and signal the story you are promising.
What you'll gain
A live 2 hour session with Q and A, including examples, mini-lessons, and guided critique
Clear principles for what makes a first chapter work across genres, from pacing and stakes to voice and point of view
Practical tools to revise your own opening pages so they hook readers, agents, and editors from line one