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Author(s): Tapply, William G.¹
Source:
Writer (Kalmbach Publishing Co.). Oct2009, Vol. 122 Issue 10, p30-32. 3p. 2 Color Photographs.

Additional Information
- Subject Terms:
  Novelists; Story plots; Short story (Literary form); Gulliver's Travels (Book : Swift); Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (Book : Rowling)
- Abstract:
  In this article the author describes a number of strategies that should be adopted by novelists and other writers of fiction in order to create compelling openings to their novels or short story. The opening scenes of a number of creative works are cited including "Gulliver's Travels," "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

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