The First Two Pages

Every Tuesday, a mystery writer explains how he or she faced the challenges of those brutally difficult–and vitally important–first two pages.

The First Two Pages: A Golden Eclipse

Debra H. Goldstein Normally, I begin short stories with a clever line of dialogue or a dead body. My goal…

Margaret S. Hamilton I love eclipses and meteor showers. A few years ago, we watched the Transit of Venus through…

KB Inglee If you are writing a short story, your first two pages are a significant percentage of the whole.…

Melissa H. Blaine (The First Two Pages is devoting August to celebrating the release of Day of the Dark, a…

Nupur Tustin As a writer, I take very seriously Horace’s advice to begin a story in media res. If this…