• Don’t underestimate first page’s importance
• How to write your story’s opening line
• Always start your story in the middle
• Hint at protagonist’s internal motivations
• Don’t fully commit protagonist in opening scene
• Establish story’s point of view in opening lines
• BONUS: “Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none.” – Jules Renard
6 Tips for Creating a Great Opening page
