Chapter 8 | Quotes From Pages 58-73 1.Every good story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. That is, it establishes a situation, introduces a complication, and offers a resolution. 2.You want to offer the reader a device that will make it easy for him to push his other thoughts aside and concentrate
only on what you're saying. 3.When you can readily identify the reader by name, ... determining where to start is usually fairly straightforward. 4.The introduction should be long enough to ensure that you and the reader are 'standing in the same place' before you take him by the hand and lead him through your reasoning. 5.The introduction should always contain the three elements of a story. These are the Situation, the Complication, and the Solution. 6.In any case, he now knows what to expect and can read with a greater sense of ease that there will be no unpleasant surprises.