"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible." - Vladimir Nabakov
"If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor." - Edgar Rice Burroughs

6 Tips for Creating a Great Opening page

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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

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