The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start.
It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start at Chapter 3.
The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.
I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.
If you look at the skeleton, the start is very important.
A beginning is the end of something, always.
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.