Writing
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- Enticing Openings: 10 Hooks in 10 Days
Enticing Openings: 10 Hooks in 10 Days
Summary
First sentence, paragraph, and page deserve careful crafting. If they don’t hook, you risk losing readers forever. Keep readers coming back for more. Topics include captivating characters, immediate conflict, glorious language, heavy intrigue, double-duty dialogue, and irresistible voice. This course includes email and closed Facebook group discussions with an experienced coach. Receive a guidebook, and share openers to show off what you’ve learned. For fiction and nonfiction writers. Limited space.
First sentence, paragraph, and page deserve careful crafting. If they don’t hook, you risk losing readers forever. Keep readers coming back for more. Topics include captivating characters, immediate conflict, glorious language, heavy intrigue, double-duty dialogue, and irresistible voice. This course includes email and closed Facebook group discussions with an experienced coach. Receive a guidebook, and share openers to show off what you’ve learned. For fiction and nonfiction writers. Limited space.
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Continuing Education Hours
5
Continuing Education Units, CEU
.5
Upcoming Dates
All times shown are central time.
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Register by mail: printable registration form
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Questions?
Registration:Questions about this program:
- Christine DeSmet
- christine.desmet@wisc.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy varies by type of program. View our policies page for more details about cancelling a program.
Accessibility Accommodations:
Please email the contact person listed above at least 2-3 weeks prior to the start of class if you require an accessibility accommodation.
ANGELA RYDELL

ANGELA RYDELL (MFA, Warren Wilson College) has been a writing coach and instructor for Continuing Studies since 2006. She's a recipient of the Poets & Writers' Writers Exchange Award and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her fiction and poetry have been published in many journals.
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Upcoming Dates
All times shown are central time.
April 28 - May 7, 2021
9099-21-LSA
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Register by mail: printable registration form
Schedule
Apr 28-May 7
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ANGELA RYDELL

ANGELA RYDELL (MFA, Warren Wilson College) has been a writing coach and instructor for Continuing Studies since 2006. She's a recipient of the Poets & Writers' Writers Exchange Award and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her fiction and poetry have been published in many journals.
Fee
$145
Location
Online
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Continuing Education Hours
5
Continuing Education Units, CEU
.5
Questions?
Registration:Questions about this program:
- Christine DeSmet
- christine.desmet@wisc.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy varies by type of program. View our policies page for more details about cancelling a program.
Accessibility Accommodations:
Please email the contact person listed above at least 2-3 weeks prior to the start of class if you require an accessibility accommodation.
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- christine.desmet@wisc.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy varies by type of program. View our policies page for more details about cancelling a program.
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