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Writing Excuses 10.16: What Do I Do With All This Blank Space?

Writing Excuses

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How to Write a Good First Line

The title of a book rarely is going to be the very first thing you write down. The hook does not need to be something eye-catching necessarily. It needs to be something that indicates the proper tone, that indicates some sort of conflict in motion. You want to get conflict in the first line.

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