There's no one
right way to begin your story – but there are plenty of wrong ones, as author Arianne "Tex" Thompson will
discuss at her June 2 workshop entitled “The Seven Deadly First-page Sins.”
She will take
you on a cautionary tour through the pits of page-one hell, complete with agent
pet peeves, reader turn-offs, and "thanks but no thanks" editorial
dealbreakers from 10 a.m. to noon at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis, Mo., 63131. The workshop is free to St. Louis Writers Guild members
and $5 for nonmembers.
“Don't let your
manuscript suffer in form-rejection torment: let me guide you through the
slush-pile inferno and lead your story toward the light!” she said.
Tex will join the group via
Zoom technology. Alternately, Guild members can view the workshop from their
own computers. Check the Member’s Room at www.stlwritersguild.org on June 2.
Tex is a rural fantasy author, egregiously enthusiastic speaker, and
professional ruckus-raiser. She is the author of the Children of the Drought,
an epic fantasy Western trilogy from Solaris, as well as an instructor for the
Writers Path at SMU and chief instigator of WORD ñ Writers Organizations Round
Dallas. Now she is blazing a trail through writers’ conferences, workshops, and
fan conventions around the country as an endlessly energetic, catastrophically
cheerful one-woman stampede. Find her online at thetexfiles.com and
wordwriters.org!
Learn more about the St.
Louis Writers Guild at www.stlwritersguild.org