Jun 18
Please stop starting your scenes with the weather. Not because it's a rule. Because you are doing it to avoid starting with the actual thing. You know what the scene is about. You know what's at stake. You are describing clouds because you're nervous. I understand. I did it too. But the reader doesn't need the clouds. They need the thing. Start with the thing. You can always add the clouds later if they're actually doing something. They are usually not doing anything.
Me watching the weather channel:
