tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post8977655284933685679..comments2024-01-20T09:23:25.098-05:00Comments on Penelope Marzec: When You Come to the End of a Chapter Jump Off the CliffPenelope Marzechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17563853832717077875noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-16733271037749864182015-10-30T17:42:25.956-04:002015-10-30T17:42:25.956-04:00Julie: So true. Mixing up the type of hook at the ...Julie: So true. Mixing up the type of hook at the end of the chapter is the way to go. Keeps the reader guessing. :-)Penelope Marzechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563853832717077875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-17514340893474219282015-10-30T17:40:02.607-04:002015-10-30T17:40:02.607-04:00Carlene: I know what you mean, which is why I'...Carlene: I know what you mean, which is why I'm always staying up past my bedtime...Penelope Marzechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563853832717077875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-17221349034409062212015-10-30T17:39:11.925-04:002015-10-30T17:39:11.925-04:00Hi, DiAne! Roped sounds exciting and it is on my t...Hi, DiAne! Roped sounds exciting and it is on my to-be-read list. Penelope Marzechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563853832717077875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-40192392226764151412015-10-30T17:30:13.304-04:002015-10-30T17:30:13.304-04:00I learned in a writer's workshop ago that to g...I learned in a writer's workshop ago that to get them to turn to the next chapter, you got end with a tickler, a hang or an "oh,no." You mix them up so they don't feel duped, just interested enough to read on.<br />SO, per your suggestion, here are my three first chapter endings for Freed to Forgive, Marisol's Journey from trafficked to Triumph:<br /><br />When he left seminary for his first assignment in 2013, little did he realize the path God had intended to blaze. By His design, Jen had altered Jake's life as much as she had her own. As he crossed in front of the altar, Jake couldn't shake the sense the young Hispanic girl on the sidewalk today was about to change it again.<br /><br /><br />She lifted a prayer to the One who knew for sure what these next two months entailed. Satisfied it lay in the right hands, she settled back for the congested Friday afternoon trek down the highway admist eighteen wheelers, RV's cars loaded with rambunctious kids and trucks towing boats or horse trailers.Yep, summer in Texas.<br /><br /><br />She raised her face to the ceiling. "Will that stop these memories from choking me? Will You leave me alone to evil my life? She closed her eyes and opened her past like a mental scrapbook as the counselor had advised. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Julie B Cosgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229280378113760487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-11527087111425143602015-10-30T15:35:01.891-04:002015-10-30T15:35:01.891-04:00I love it when I'm thinking I need to quit rea...I love it when I'm thinking I need to quit reading when I reach a stopping piont. And there never is one...Carlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635158308594606424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-77119746697037771872015-10-30T15:21:58.444-04:002015-10-30T15:21:58.444-04:00I agree totally, Penelope. Hold-your-breath-page-t...I agree totally, Penelope. Hold-your-breath-page-turners! First Chapter in Roped ends with Crissy's Nana dies unexpectedly. "Papa always told me when one of God's children died,it was shoutin' time in heaven and a party would be goin' on up there. Tears flowed like a flash flood down my cheeks. "There sure ain't no party down here tonight. My Nana's gone. Gone forever.<br /><br />The second chapter ends on a milder note: "I thought her heart just pumped so her mouth could spew words to hurt folks.<br /><br />Duck, huh? Wouldn't duckin' make me a coward?"<br /><br />Third chapter her dad is fired by her nemesis' father, her goat is killed by the nemesis' dogs and her dreams of a silver buckle grow faint: "Now I had no goat, no money, and no dreams." <br /><br />These chapters have death of a loved one, necessary change in Crissy's behavior, and loss of dream. The following chapters amp until those final chapters end in tragedy...or so it seems in "Roped." Wait 'til you read "Twisted." <br /><br />Roped, by DiAne Gates<br />http://www/amazon.com/dp/BO147NL6KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-86418610734874953792015-10-30T14:43:21.272-04:002015-10-30T14:43:21.272-04:00Hi, Janet! Yes, teasing the reader is the goal. :-...Hi, Janet! Yes, teasing the reader is the goal. :-)Penelope Marzechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563853832717077875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12150572.post-22661854337277790782015-10-30T13:58:32.207-04:002015-10-30T13:58:32.207-04:00Great post. What you want to do is leave the reade...Great post. What you want to do is leave the reader wanting to know moreJanet Lane Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com