— CHAPTER I —

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Set the scene here. Where are we? What does the air feel like? A single specific detail does more work than a paragraph of description.

Introduce your character. What are they doing? Show them through action, not description — the way they move through the world says everything.

Bring in the other character or the moment that shifts things. What changes in the room? What goes unsaid? Let the tension or warmth breathe on its own.

❝ Your character's dialogue goes here. ❞

The beat after. A pause, a look, a small action. Let the dialogue land before moving on.

Close on an image, not an explanation. Something small that stays with the reader after the scene ends.