Carol Rose
Basic
These golden lines of advice came from various workshops at the recent RWA (Romance Writers of America) conference, but they're applicable to any genre when writing fiction:
http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/08/golden-lines-from-rwa-2015/
http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/08/golden-lines-from-rwa-2015/