This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 250th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors

Podcast.

I'm so pleased to announce that Jane Eyre, the Writers Digest, annotated Classic, officially launched this past Friday on August 1st.

The book is I think and I can say this since the editors at Writers Digest get all the credit

for coming up with the idea, a revolutionary way to approach both

classic literature and writing. I know I learned so much in analyzing Charlotte Brante's

epic novel and writing up the annotations.

If you guys can get even half as much out of the experience as I did, I will be tickled pink.

Book launches mean giveaways, and this one is no exception.

Thanks to the very generous folks at Writers Digest,

I'm able to offer you guys some absolutely Boffo prizes this time around including a subscription to Writers Digest online

tutorials a webinar of your choice from Writers Digest University and Drumroll, registration to the 2015 Writers

Digest Conference in New York City. So be sure to drop by my site at helping writers become authors.com to enter the drawing entries, stay open through August 5th.

The latest post in this series on my blog is Foreshadowing's number one job.

It reveals a simple but often overlooked function of Foreshadowing that all writers should be aware of.

Find the post, visit my site at helping writers become authors.com.

And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast entitled Most Common Writing Mistakes Part 32

Boring Opening Lines. Opening lines are an art form

unto themselves. They must introduce a story's tone. The author's wit to the plot itself and most importantly a

story's tone the author's wit to the plot itself and most importantly a reason why

this story is worth the reader's time.

Boring opening lines aren't something an author can afford.

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