You’ve heard that if the first paragraph of your novel isn’t strong enough, agents and publishers won’t read the first page, let alone the first fifty.

Join us at this panel of professionals as they discuss the right way to hone your work into a masterpiece (i.e.: worthy of publishing) by knowing what to look for, and offer tips on how to fix it yourself.

Now you can learn how to separate fact from fiction and remain true to your story. Learn how to draft a first line that will grab an acquisition editor and announce your authority as an author.

Selected works will be read aloud, so the audience can follow along and learn how the pros review a manuscript, consider the merits of the material, the intent of the author, and everything from glaring grammar errors to story-structure flaws to the overall storytelling and more. Time permitting, they will suggest improvements. We will also discuss when is the right time for a professional editor.

We will be working on a “first email, first onscreen” process. Please email info@glaws.org with your submission. GLAWS members get “head of the line” rights, so please consider joining. Please email 1 page of prose (fiction, non-fiction, memoir, etc) and up to 5 script pages (screenplay, stage, video game, etc) to info@glaws.org to be read

We should have time for about ten people, but this may vary depending on how long we spend on each one.

 Our July 25th GLAWS Meeting

We will have a panel of editors and a moderator. Watch this space for an updated list of panelists

Come join us Saturday, July 25^th from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, at:

www.lapl.org

Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library

501 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015 · 34 mi

(310) 821-1769

Note: Registering to Attend doesn’t mean your work will be read. You must email info@glaws.org with 1 page of prose, or up to 5 pages of scripts to be read. Non-members can have their works read by clicking below (or just emailing, although GLAWS members and people using the Order reading will have higher priority).