How not to start a story
Fiction editing tip #463
When I got serious about writing a novel (way back in the 1990s), I read and studied everything I could get my hands on about the craft of fiction. I’d seen a number of articles, interviews, and blog posts from literary agents, editors, and writing instructors about story beginnings that resulted in nearly automatic rejections.
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