The introduction to any story determines how the story will go. With the wrong introduction , you lose your opportunity to engage the public's attention and therefore want them wanting more.

It was a cold night, it was a full moon, in a galaxy far far away, once upon a time, each introduction sets the tone, the mood, the direction to which the story will flow. Maybelle is dead, the bastard is gone, the end begins, all these great introductions tell me the reader how the writer wants me to interpret their work.

After the great introduction, comes a catch phrase that keeps the reader entertained especially after a couple of chapters; were not in Kansas anymore, asta lavista baby, frankly my dear, i don't give a damn, the list is endless (i recognise that the quotes are from movies, but are these not stories as well?)

Then the end, oh, does it leave you wanting more, do you get satisfied that all your hard work (read as perseverance to reach the end of the book) has been rewarded. There is nothing worse than getting to the end of the book and its rubbish. A great ending leaves a lasting impression, 300, everyone died but what a fight, James Patterson Alex Cross novels, by the time he goes home to his family, you are exhausted with him, fairy tales, good always triumphed over evil. Yes the end and the beginning and the middle keep a story alive


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