Growth
Draft two different openings
Whenyou revise a first paragraph
For the same piece, write one opening in a concrete moment and another with the central question or claim. Example: “The last bus passed me” versus “What does a town owe people without cars?” Continue each for a paragraph. Choose the entrance that promises the piece you actually wrote.
Start tiny
Write one new first sentence.
Evidence grade CPractitioner method or editorial idea
HabitSets editorial revision exercise (2026), informed by George Saunders, “In conversation with George Saunders,” Bloomsbury (2022). Read the source ↗ Practitioner account, not an effectiveness trial; examples and durations are editorial.
Growth: Supporting habits that improve the conditions for useful repetitions: preparation, consistency or necessary recovery.
