11 Terrible Ways to Start a Novel
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Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Starting 10 Pages Before the Story Begins
1:08 Introducing Too Many Characters
1:40 Not Creating Conflict
2:03 Not Introducing Your Main Character
2:37 Starting with Summary
3:06 Burying the Reader in Info
3:45 Making the Reader Feel Dumb
4:18 Changing Point of View
5:10 Starting with a Dream Sequence
5:54 Waking up to an Alarm Clock
6:27 Believing Confusion is the Same as Subtlety