The rule of thumb.is.each additional one, the power is halved, not doubled, as many mistakenly think. I suppose that's all I could have asked for.įor gosh sakes, don't pair adjectives in an attempt to make the descriptions more powerful. Overall, I didn't always agree with what he marked as fantastic openings, but by the end, I did feel like I had good tools to go out and evaluate openings on my own. He also gives room for outside opinions, and there's an especially good section near the end of agents and editors commenting (a bit harshly!) on openings. The author has a strong but thoughtful voice, and I mostly felt like I was in a useful conversation. This one is confident, but it also leaves room for disagreement. I usually think of them on a spectrum from terrifyingly anxious (if you can just stop crying for a few minutes to write down a few words.) to rigidly over-confident (here's the only way it works!). I find the tone of writing books to be really tricky. There were short sections with attention to examples of openings that I found to be especially helpful. I definitely feel like I got what I was looking for. A nice focused take on different aspects of writing a good opening.
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