Here’s what I learned from Long Live The Tribe Of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden:
First lines should make the reader curious to read more. They can be surprising, specific, and/or present a conflict.
It’s important to stay in moments longer by going deeper with details and going on tangents that add context.
Write unsparingly about yourself to get the reader to root for you—without disclaimers.
Write about complicated characters in your life by sharing stories that show their different sides.