tips for writing a strong novel opening (in 3 steps) 🌟

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happy nanowrimo :) hope everyone's having a good writing month so far. these are three main elements I use as a foundation for developing compelling first scenes / chapters in a novel.

0:00 intro and disclaimers
1:56 establishing shot
6:24 characterization
10:24 tension and conflict

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