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Writing Excuses 4.25: Mating Plumage

Writing Excuses

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How to Write a Good First Line

I think a hook is a good way to have put that in. The fact that it mentions work, the line every day at work, really does give it kind of a, like you said, it sets a strong tone. This is almost a workplace thing. It takes something very crazy like seeing a dead guy and combines it with something very mundane. And I mean, anyone who likes to read likes dark and stormy nights. But just the mood of that makes you, ooh, it's dark. It's stormy. It makes me want to read read on.

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