Introduction

“The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.”

~ A. B. Yehoshua

I never really agreed with those words when I sat down to write new fiction. Beginnings are easy when you’re creating the story from scratch. Just pick a point and start writing, rewrite it, have some people look over it, rewrite it again, have some more critical people look over it, rewrite yet again, pay an editor to read over it, the rewrite it once more, and finally have someone go over it an...