story beginnings
"Readers don't have time for anything but the really good stuff, and the writer needs to deliver on page one."
— David Hagberg
for Creatives | writing, reaching your audience, story beginnings, David Hagberg
"Be interesting, and be interesting in the first paragraph."
— Hans Hetrick
for Creatives | writing, reaching your audience, story beginnings, Hans Hetrick
"[Flannery O'Connor] just had a sense of an opening and then pursued it—like Theseus following the thread out of the labyrinth. ... I think this seems scary, but it can lead to an outcome that feels very natural, unforced and satisfying. ... I really encourage people to follow this advice, and largely follow it myself. "
— Marcel Theroux
for Creatives | intuitive writing & pantsing, creative process, writing, story beginnings, Flannery O'Connor, Marcel Theroux
"Perhaps what we really crave is not to have more time or to have time off but to feel free of time. We want to experience what life would be like outside of time. Many people turn to drugs or alcohol just to have this experience. But we also experience this in dreams, stories, and our imagination. In these realms, we are free of time and space. (The opening phrase of fairy tales—'once upon a time'—doesn't mean 'a long time ago' but 'in a world beyond time.')"
— Martin Boroson
for Creatives | reading, magic/mystery of creating/art, Martin Boroson, storytelling, story beginnings