apart from the characters obviously? What is the most important ingredient in setting off a story to a fun start?
Making sure the grammar and correct words are used. I.E. Mess you/Miss you. and of course tenses. . Sorry I wanted to build upon this. I will say having the creativity to write something. or is that something else.
Alphabetical order. It makes things easy. No, seriously: I think it's voice. Style. It impresses on the reader that their author is competent and, therefore, probably has a story to tell that's worth reading.
Using clear and direct language, without making the reader feel as though you are dumbing it down, or talking down to them. IDK.
Well I would hardly call making breakfast a problem, or sitting in bar drinking with friends to be one either. But it does equate to doing something, so you might be onto something there.
Based on personal experience? The crippling anxiety that what I'm about to write couldn't possibly be as good as the things I've written before. Also wine. Lots and lots of wine.
See I can't drink and write, but that may be due to the complexity of everything in the story. Suppose it would be a bit easier when writing something with well simply much easier and lighter topics and themes with much less chaos and such going on in the background of the overall narrative.
Yes I think wine does help but personally I prefer Cava. I have given up wine I can't drink it anymore
Chemical X. You can add all of the sugar, spice, and everything nice to the concoction, but without that Chemical X, you're never going to achieve perfection.
Interestingly enough, I just finished my restaurant's inventory and the gin subgroup balanced out to the penny like it always does. You know why? Because none of the staff drinks it.