STORY CATALYST VERSES BOOK BEGINNING
by zentao

This small sub-lesson is an adjunct to THE END BEGETS THE BEGINNING WHICH BEGETS THE STORY ITSELF & BUILDING BLOCKS OF FICTION YIELD AUTHOR TOOLS

Let's define story catalyst verses a book's beginning -- their differences.

• A story's catalyst is the situation that set up the circumstances that provokes the story question.
  
  
• The book's beginning is the best, most intriguing spot to introduce the story question or "what is this story about?" in such a way that the reader cannot guess the end and cannot easily abandon the question, but is provoked to read on.

How to figure out the story catalyst and why:

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