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The thing with the opening of a book is that it’s so important. An editor—or reader—is going to decide if your book is worth reading from that first chapter—or even the first page. Honestly thoug...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:19:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Catherine
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2019-12-08T09:19:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
The thing with the opening of a book is that it’s so important. An editor—or reader—is going to decide if your book is worth reading from that first chapter—or even the first page. Honestly though, just because it’s he first chapter doesn’t mean it has to be written first. You are probably going to rewrite it in editing anyway, because you’ll want what’s REALLY important to your character all crammed into that one chapter without it being too much or too blunt. My advice would be simply this: skip it. Start with whatever you’ve come up with. If you know that your character is going to meet their future love interest in the third chapter, then start at the third chapter. If you want to explain things in the first chapter, write down what you’re going to explain and then move on to the second chapter. It will be easier later. I promise.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-12-02T18:49:24Z (almost 6 years ago)
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