Off to a bad start: Part 2 of 3

Wake up, little Suzy

Don’t forget to check out the recommended writer resource at the bottom of this week’s article, this week on author Chuck Palahniuk’s Substack, Plot Spoiler.

Introduction

Last week we took a look at the pitfalls of opening a novel with a dream — especially if readers don’t know it’s a dream, and then it reverts to the character waking up to another boring…