When a submission requirement says, "The first page must start in medias res" what precisely does this mean? Does this mean the H/H have to have already met? This came from http://www.sirenbookstrand.com/submissions/
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In Medias Res - explanation, please
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I think the follow-up to that term explains what they mean. It must..."capture our attention immediately. Do not start your book with back story and long exposition."
I wouldn't think it would ABSOLUTELY mean that the main characters have to be interacting, but somebody had better be doing something, and it had better be interesting!
I wouldn't think it would ABSOLUTELY mean that the main characters have to be interacting, but somebody had better be doing something, and it had better be interesting!
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Action should already be happening, it need not be the romance plotline (and in fact with most romance the reader wants to see the meeting). Basically they don't want "Jane got up that morning and looked around her apartment... etc"
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