Learning to Write VI

5th November 2006 with 2 Comments

Beginnings: The opening sets the overture for the whole story. It tells the reader what is going to follow. It is, without doubt, the single most important aspect of the craft to master.
How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings? [...]

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