Where are you? The reader needs to have a sense of where the story is taking place and this is fairly easy to establish with some words. The city sidewalks burned hot enough to fry an egg. This gives you a sense of where the characters are and even the season of the year. Through out the opening scene bits of the scenery, the time and the place can be woven in.
Who are you? This is the character who in this opening scene is focusing on. The reader needs to get a sense of this person. So let's continue with the above The City sidewalks burned hot enough to fry an egg. Sally Stevens danced along trying to take as few steps as she could. The cracked soles of her shoes couldn't take much more of this. Now we have a person to focus on,
What's happening? This element needs to be shown as well. So let's put this in the opening. The city sidewalks burned hot enough to fry eggs. Sally Stevens danced along trying to take as few steps as she could. The crackes soles of her shoes couldn't carry her much further. Her breath came in rapid pants. She had to reach her aunt's house before her father caught her.
So now we have something to interest the reader to continue to read on. The opening here gives the reader information but also raises questions.
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