The Beginning

📖Story Brief #12

The beginning introduces the characters and setting.

🎯 Your mission

Walk the path. Notice what changes.

⚡ The twist

Endings hide in beginnings — re-read the start.

What You'll Learn

The beginning introduces the characters and setting. We start there. The beginning introduces characters and setting. We start there when we retell.

The beginning introduces characters and setting.

We start there when we retell.

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What comes first in a story?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Try this in real life this week.

Draw the moment in the story you'd want to live in.

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“Tell me what happened in the story — and why it matters.”

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We'll pick a lesson that matches exactly how well you're reading right now.

Send it to a parent or fellow reader. 5 minutes is all it takes.

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