Mark Daniel Taylor
Born in Plymouth, England, Mark Daniel Taylor is a writer from a working-class family who now lives in London. He is an alumnus of the 2020 New Orleans Writers’ Residency and placed as a finalist in the 2019 Adventures in Fiction New Voices Competition. Between 2020 and 2024, he has been listed in several competitions, including The Masters’ Review Novel Excerpt Competition, The Killer Nashville Award, The Sunspot Lit Inception Writing Competition, and The Retreat West Opening Lines Competition.
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Comments
Intriguing
Inviting first line – instantly involving the reader.
I love the way you refer to the height of the family by the question about weather, rather than just saying, that they were tall.
I’m intrigued to know what’s going to happen next. I want to know what’s going to happen to Thomas, and Sally? Are they going to escape the house, and their social isolation? How is that going to happen?
A great start. Now I need to know more.