“This isn’t to say that a grand idea can’t be the beginning point of a great genre novel. However, I personally find it much harder than the reverse: starting zoomed in and zooming out. That’s the technique my professor taught me to get better beginnings. She called it “starting with the leaves” instead of “starting with the forest...When you start with the leaves, you tend to focus on the little things that make stories interesting as well as the people and their conflicts that will drive your story.”
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Nanowrimo Novel Writing Advice - Start With The Leaves
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