False starts

I am not going to bang on about this, but it needs to be said.

Do not start your story in the wrong place.

Do not start with background, preamble, and densely-packed description.

Do not do as I did, and tell your publisher (who quite likes your opening chapter) that 'It gets really good in Chapter Two' (because eventually one of you will realise that perhaps that's where your story should have started).

Do not ever type the words The End until you have perfected the beginning.

So please, go back...