Bad Ways To Start A Book

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waking up: We've all done this (honestly, including me), but staring a book this way can get really boring really fast

Describing the weather: Weather descriptions are awesome at setting the scene, but readers don't need multiple paragraphs of how pretty the sunset is at 5:00

Character backstory: Have an awesome backstory? Cool! But don't jump right into it (I do this too... I'm learning a lot today)! There's something called an information dump, and explaining the whole backstory falls into that category! Doing this can make readers feel like they're reading an encyclopedia...

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