Writing a Strong Beginning
If a writer wants readers, it’s important to give a novel a strong beginning. Here’s some of the advice you see scattered around in craft books. Start Where the Story Starts Miss Snark used to critique pages for her blog readers, and one of the things she did most frequently was cross out a few paragraphs or pages and say, “Your story starts here.” Readers need less preparation for the story than writers think they do. Start where something changes. Don’t…
