Chapter One: The Casual Vacancy

mooderino:

This is another of my posts on how a successful author hooks the reader at the start of the story, what information she feels is necessary at this point and how she approaches things like POV, character and voice (other first chapters I’ve analysed can be found here: Chapter One Analyses).

 

I chose The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling partly because it’s in the news, but also because it was a good opportunity to see how an author goes about winning over readers who might be sceptical or wary of her attempt at a new genre.

 

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Lol, first “Harry”, now “Barry”. Silly JK.

Also this is an awesome advice post^


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    Lol, first “Harry”, now “Barry”. Silly JK. Also this is an awesome advice post^
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