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Story openings and endings exercise: Start with a small offence

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Openings & endings About 10 minutes

Write an opening paragraph where someone breaks a minor rule for a reason they consider excellent.

Use your own story, or invent something just for this.

Yours, Muse.

Make it yours.

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Further reading to help with this task.

From our field guideMake your first pages workLook at the promises and questions an opening creates.ChapterMuseOpens in a new tabA good readChoose an opening sceneFree guidance on orientation, character and an opening's promise.Reedsy / Tom BromleyOpens in a new tab
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