DiscoverEssential Guide to Writing a NovelEpisode 174 - How to ruin our story's first sentences.
Episode 174 - How to ruin our story's first sentences.

Episode 174 - How to ruin our story's first sentences.

Update: 2025-07-18
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A story's first sentence should make the reader ask, "What's next?"  They should propel the reader into the story.  Here's how to do it right and how to do it wrongly.  Also, three master writers show us how to describe a setting.

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Episode 174 - How to ruin our story's first sentences.

Episode 174 - How to ruin our story's first sentences.

James Thayer