Took me 3 critique groups to realize I was writing all my scenes backward.

I kept starting every chapter with a character waking up or looking out a window, and it wasn't until a member literally asked 'why are we always in the boring part first' that the penny dropped - has anyone else had a writing habit that took way too long to spot?

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juliashah2mo ago

Took me a while to realize I was over-explaining every setting before anything happened. Started cutting the first paragraph of each scene and just letting the action do the work.

wendyk562mo ago

Isn't starting slow better than jumping straight into the action?

victor_jones992mo ago

Read somewhere that slow starts build more tension. Guess it depends on the story though.