What If Your Biggest Disaster Could Be Your Greatest Opportunity?
Can you start your story with a disaster? Does that violate some rule? Does it violate common sense? What can go wrong?
Don posted this question on my “Ask A Question For My Blog” page:
I am attempting to write my first novel. I know that you advocate the idea of three disasters in a story. The first one should go after the first 1/4 part of the book I believe I read. My idea for my book involves opening with a huge disaster,at least within the first chapter or two, that throws the protagonist into the storyline. My questions are these “Are there any apparant downfalls or pits to be aware of when doing this?” , “Is it so bad of a thing to do that it should be completely avoided or is it possible to pull off?”
