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[Suicide discussion] Getting to the point

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satyesu

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In my story, the "true" inciting incident is a suicide attempt, but I feel weird starting with that. I've written 2+ chapters describing the time leading up to it, but not a lot happens. Should I just cut it out?
 

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Oh, satyesu,

Understand your issue but impossible to comment.

The 'not a lot happens' is the key here, to me. Something of interest must happen to keep your reader reading.

All depends how the original opening is written.

Use SYW and see how others react. You may want to put an up-front trigger warning on it if the content might disturb some folk.
 

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This isn't a basic writing question.

It is, in fact, a question only the writer can answer.

Write. You can always revise.
 
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