Five Terrible Ways To Start A Story
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 Published On Dec 6, 2023

In this installment of our 87-part series, you'll get the confidence to delete almost everything you've ever written and start over.
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00:00 - Title Sequence
00:22 - Introduction
01:24 - Product Placement
02:15 - Mistake One: Starting Before the Beginning
03:12 - Quick Fix: Start At the Beginning
03:39 - Mistake Two: Introducing 30-40 Characters
04:21 - Quick Fix: Massacre Large Group of Characters
04:43 - Mistake Three: Making Your Reader Feel Dumb
05:30 - Quick Fix: Dial Down the Flowery Language
05:53 - Mistake Four: Too Long to Type
06:33 - Quick Fix: Forget Everything
07:15 - Outro

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