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Qi: What’s so hard about the first sentence is…
by Chung Nguyen-Le
The “Quote Inspirational series” features great quotes – providing little nuggets of inspiration, motivation, insight and humour for you and your writing. “Qi” in traditional oriental cultures broadly translates as ‘energy flow’, and I hope that the ‘Quote inspirational’ series energises you and your writing.
What’s so hard about the first sentence is that you’re stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you’ve laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone
Joan Didion
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