#185: Your Opening Scenes: What To Reveal, What to Withhold
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English - April 23, 2024 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBFiction Education Self-Improvement writing fiction writing creative writing memoir writer's block novels short stories Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We can all agree that your opening scenes are your only chance to capture your reader's attention. It's what hooks them into the story.
Your first scene and several scenes that follow are your story's setup.
The setup is essential to master. You have to be concise, deliberate, and selective with what you reveal and withhold. You don't want to give too much away too soon.
Your beginning scenes must accomplish several things simultaneously. And in this episode, I'm boiling it down to 4 essentials.
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