Tuesday 3 July 2012

TEASER TUESDAY - THE FALSE PRINCE + 4 RULES OF WRITING... CRISIS

"Start as close to the end as possible." ~ Kurt Vonnegut


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading

Anyone can play along! 

Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

THE FALSE PRINCE ~ Jennifer A Neilson
MG/YA 


Civil war is brewing in the kingdom. To unify the people, Conner, a nobleman of the court devises a plan to find someone to impersonate the king's long-lost son. Once the imposter is installed as a puppet prince Conner plans to rein.


Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage.

This exciting story is full of plot twists and turns. It is all about the relationships Sage forms with the people he spends time with - a political manoeuvring - in this Game of Thrones ;)




"I'd never attempted roast thievery before, and I was already regretting it. It happens to be very difficult to hold a chunk of raw meat while running."



When I started to read this book I realised I had to shuffle one of my ideas to the back of the pack: refer to rule 4



MY 4 RULES OF WRITING:
·         Any time is a good time to write
·         Know your world and the conflict generated before focussing on the effect it has on an individual
·         Describe things that are specific and unique
·         If it is already on the bookshelves it’s the wrong thing to write




HAVE YOU READ ANYTHING RECENTLY THAT MADE YOU REALISE THIS WAS THE WRONG TIME TO BE WORKING ON A PARTICULAR MANUSCRIPT?

4 comments:

  1. I'd imagine it would be. LOL. Interesting teaser!

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    1. I loved The False Prince from the opening and on ;)

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  2. Yeah, some of my Werewolf stuff is that way. Almost too cliche. But once you get the first draft written, you can see where it needs to be revised. Everything is workable.

    .......dhole

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    1. It is a shame when the clichés overpower trope ;) I'm glad you're finding the way to make your work more unique.

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