Paige Toon Writer’s Tip

“Journalism is a good way of getting into publishing. You could always try to do work experience for a local paper as a stepping stone. With the current market being the way it is, you’ll need a strong hook to get publishers interested. Think about that opening line or first page. “Lucy in the Sky” grabbed my publisher’s attention because it’s about a girl who goes on a 24-hour flight to Australia and, as she’s switching off her mobile before take-off, she discovers a text from her boyfriend’s phone which says: ‘I have slept with your boyfriend four times in the last month’ – my publisher was intrigued.”

Paige Toon