Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques
Starting the Writing Process
TV-PG
S1 • E1 Nov 12, 2014 30mNothing strikes fear in the heart of a writer like facing the blank page. Start your course in fiction writing with some strategies for beginnings. You'll examine several ways to ease into a story, including the "5W's" of journalism, outlines, and opening in medias res ("in the midst of things"). The good news, as you'll see, is that there are no hard and fast rules.