- Working title
- The First Sentence Problem
- Category
- Writing
- Topic
- Writing
- Mood
- Note to Self
- Core idea
- The first sentence can do too much work if it tries to prove the whole piece before it starts.
- Real-world trigger
- Rewriting an opening line several times and making it worse.
- Specific detail to use
- A sentence that improves when half of it is cut.
- Post shape
- Writing-process note
- Ending direction
- End with the practical move of starting plainer.