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    1. A useful question to ask is: What is the moment that introduces the central problem my protagonist can no longer ignore? That’s where your story begins. Everything else—context, backstory, relationships—can be woven in through scenes, dialogue, and small details once readers are already invested.

      This is more common on movies, where the starts at the moment everything changes, with some movies starting after the first plot point, presenting past elements from the normal life as small clips.

    2. Readers don’t need to see everything about the normal before something changes. They just need a reason to care.

      Lots of novels have the habit to "start too early", sometimes even making the start of the story abnormally forgettable.