Antiheroes often break the rules while capturing readers’ attention. In this session, panelists discuss how they create complex, flawed protagonists, exploring the motivations, contradictions, and moral gray areas that make antiheroes so compelling.
How to Hook a Reader from the First Line
A great beginning invites the reader into the story and makes a promise it must keep. Dianne McCartney, Elise Burke Brown, J.L. Yarrow, Lori Robbins, Renda Knapp, and Sara Johnson share how to craft openings that immediately engage through tension, curiosity, and...



