In the beginning…there’s only the opening sentence to your story, be it novel, short fiction, or even picture book. Your opening sentence is second only to your closing sentence. And a reader will never get to your closing without being invited in by your opening.
The stakes are high, and it is worth spending time to find the elements that create a story beginning that will cause it to come to life.
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