Another Thought on Openings

[queenoftheskies]

Do you think there are different requirements for the openings of novels and short stories?

Do you think that the two forms require different types of hooks to entice your reader to continue reading?

Or do you think the openings of the two forms have basically the same requirements?

Comments

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Sorry if someone's already said this (I don't really have time to scan all the comments yet), but the best advice about openings I ever heard was to make sure the whole book is like the opening. There can be numerous different ways to interpret this--maybe even different interpretations for different types of books--but oddly enough it makes sense when you put it into practive.