The idea is that the main character falls in love with the reader (some tumblr users may know what post I'm referring to). I just want to see if a) I could do it, b) if it would be any good, and c) how rusty I've gotten. I just seriously can not figure out how to start it off, for the life of me. I don't want to steal people's ideas, I just think it would be interesting to write. Help?
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You need to read novels. Lots of novels. Any novels. Notice that they all have perfect spelling, perfect punctuation, perfect composition. Notice where they use one space and where they use two. Notice that every speaker in a dialog gets a new paragraph, and every paragraph is preceded by a blank line. Notice any writing techniques or figures of speech. Take notes so you know where you found what you know. It takes a lot of reading to be a writer.