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How should I start my daily diary entries?
My teacher once said that a daily diary is pretty much the same thing as a letter to a friend, except; it begins with "Dear diary" instead of "Dear friend".
Is this true?
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Beginning a story in a bar, good or bad? [closed]
Currently writing a novel about a man spiraling downward following a divorce, among other things. I want the reader to be grabbed by this man even though by all accounts he's a bit of an unsavory ...
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What is the structure and important points to cover in a first chapter?
I feel like I have everything except the first chapter; once the story is underway I feel like I know where to go, but I'd like some guidance in getting it all started when the reader knows nothing at ...
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How do you deal with Chapter 2 when Chapter 1 is a volcano opening?
I know the logic behind volcano openings and why they’re problematic (they set the expectation that that level of action and excitement will continue; they’re a hard act to follow; they make a promise ...
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How Can You Use "In Medias Res" To Beautify Your Amazing Masterpiece? [closed]
How do you write out the second build up without killing the essence of the masterpiece?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Medias Res?
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How many pages should cover the Ordinary World of the Protagonist?
How many pages and chapters should cover the Ordinary World also known as the normal world of the Protagonist? Ordinary World is the term used in the Hero's Journey for the ordinary world the hero ...
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Prologues with no protagonist - How can they work?
It is my understanding that novels should generally start right off with the protagonist. The story is about the protagonist, after all, not something else (This obviously changes a bit if the PoV is ...
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Does the following opening grip you? [closed]
Of all the people who wanted to join the trip, Paola was the the last I expected would come. It surprised me. We barely knew each other at school, and I was pretty sure she wasn't interested in me. I ...
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Am I providing enough information to keep the reader gripped?
This is the opening of a short story I'm writing (second draft):
A deep silence enveloped the room as the words escaped from my mouth. I turned to the side to look at Akiko. She was staring ...
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Does my title/opening paragraph grab your attention?
Saki's Sixth Finger
Saki gripped her extra finger as she peered down at the beach. The plane was reaching Phuket, finally. Watching the crystalline turquoise water and shiny white sand had ...
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Opening a story with a reference to what someone just said followed by a setting description
An example:
Naomi's words hung in the air as I gazed out of the hotel window. The
mountain lay quietly in the dark, like a calm, sleeping giant. A
cluster of city lights glittered beyond. In ...
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Hooking the reader by omitting a piece of information
I'm writing a short story. I decided to opening it in the following way:
We were in Y, doing Z when she mentioned X. I wasn't sure whether she had misheard X's name or had gotten the wrong place...(...
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