Off to a bad start: Part 3 of 3

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Don’t forget to check out the recommended writer resource at the bottom of this today’s article, this week on writer Alex Perez’s Substack, Musings from the 305.

Introduction

In part one, we discussed the pitfalls with starting a novel with a dream — especially if readers don’t know it’s a dream until later.

Part two looked at novels that open with the ma…