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A beta reader told me my last 3 stories all started with someone waking up, so I rewrote my whole prompt list
Last Tuesday my writing group in Tacoma read my draft and one guy, Marcus, said every story I brought for 2 rounds opened with a character waking up or staring out a window. I went back and checked and he was right, 7 out of 9 pieces did that. So now I keep a running list of 30 opening prompts that ban waking up, weather, and mirrors. My new rule is the first line has to have a person doing something with their hands. It's only been 3 weeks but the group says my stuff sounds way less sleepy. Does anyone else have a banned-words or banned-openings list for their prompts, and what's on it?
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the_wesley20d ago
Seven out of nine opening with someone waking up is wild, did they at least have exciting dreams? My banned list is just "it was a dark and stormy night," mostly because I wrote that exact line for like a year straight.
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