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10 September, 2007

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Openings That Hook Readers
with Patrika Vaughn

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COST, LENGTH, PREREQUISITES:

No prerequisites.

Standard course: $100 / 4 weeks. Click here to register

Extended schedule: $125 / 8 weeks. Click here to register
Extended course gives you two weeks to do each lesson but contains NO additional material.

For questions about this COURSE, e-mail Patrika Vaughn at

Every opening, fiction or non-fiction, has three functions. Learn what they are, plus eight opening techniques for accomplishing them.

HOMEWORK: There will be an exercise each week.

Week 1: The functions of openings and how to tell if you've achieved them. Opening Techniques #1 and #2, with exercises

Week 2: Opening Techniques #3, #4 and #5, with exercises

Week 3: Opening Techniques #6 and #7, with exercises

Week 4: Opening Techniques #8, with exercises. Summary

Patrika Vaughn has served as a literary agent, a professional writer, ghostwriter, publisher and teacher for 25 years.

Her works have appeared in more than 100 national journals and magazines and she is listed in The International Authors and Writers Who's Who. Her books, tapes and seminars have gained audiences from Florida to Finland. Awards include: Order of Excellence, Who's Who in the 21st Century, Also listed in Outstanding People of the 21st Century.

She is the world's leading Author's Advocate(TM), dedicated to showing today's writers how to become successful in today's changing publishing climate.