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Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.

Nancy Kress

Deutsche Übersetzung

Ihre Öffnung sollte dem Leser eine Person geben, auf die er sich konzentrieren kann. In einer kurzen Geschichte sollte diese Person fast sofort auftauchen; er sollte integraler Bestandteil der Hauptaktion der Geschichte sein; Er sollte ein Individuum sein, nicht nur ein Typ. In einem Roman kann es länger dauern, bis die Hauptfigur erscheint: Anna Karenina erscheint erst im 18. Kapitel in ihrem eigenen Roman.

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