The Pirates Say My Real Parents Never Loved Me

"If this is a pirate novel, the first two words that you're narrating as mouth ought to be the pirates," he says. "There's literally no point in the novel after the first word where the reader doesn't know it contains pirates." He then recast his opening line with: The pirates say my real parents never loved me. That compresses everything we've just read into nine words instead of 70. Notice I haven't changed any of your content, just your delivery. Primacy recency effect, remember the words at the start and end of your sentences matter".