Re: Does this First Page Work?
- From: "Dan Goodman" <dsgood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:33:16 -0600
elanders wrote:
I'm sure there's not a person alive (or dead) who can answer all your
questions in one page -- or would want to, for if he did, what would
be the point of the other 250 pages?
To tell a story.
It would be easy to explain "Romeo and Juliet" in a paragraph. Perhaps
a couple more pages would be needed to explain the social background.
This does not mean Shakespeare's play is useless.
And I understand your questions are straight from the workshop, I
just think they have no application here.
Why not?
Basically, the purpose of a first page is to hook the reader. I
assumed most here understood that.
ONE purpose of the opening is to hook the reader. A good opening also
serves other purposes.
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