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How do you start a story?

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Julie Falatko
Jan 12, 2023
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Siri asks:

Do you typically start with a story premise, or logline, or character...or something completely different? (If there's a commonality.)

I usually start with a character, something along the lines of “an X who does Y.” You know: a deer who wants to be a pirate, a moose who works in corporate office in the city, an alligator who realizes he’s in a…

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