Boyd Morrison, Brett Battles, Eric Stone, Jonathan Hayes, Stefanie Pintoff, and Will Lavender host an interactive game built around one of the hardest parts of writing, the opening line. Audience members must decide whether a first line is real or invented, revealing what makes an opening feel authentic, compelling, and impossible to ignore.
Why Place Drives Story
Setting is more than description. This panel explores how environment reveals information, advances plot, deepens character, and creates emotional resonance that grounds the entire story.
