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OK, I know that title probably didn’t explain it well
Here’s my situation 
I am writing a story (to be criticised but I don’t think it’s good enough for publication) and someone I know read it- promising to critique (which, thank goodness, he’s good at).
Now this critique I’m not sure of, as sometimes I read things that either begin or end on cliffhangers and I enjoy them still or even because of this. I wrote about an argument in a family with a typically ‘gothic’ daughter who says she’s going to ‘kill herself’. Is that too much for a first chapter- does it need build up into that or if this isn’t the main story, only a necessary build on to the main story, can it just be like that?
Advice liked I wasn’t sure- that’s all Never go with your first critique
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Well if I read something like that I would assume that it’s an introduction into the family situation and nothing more. I doubt that I would as the reader think that she would actually do it, writing it off as a teen thing (especially as she’s a “goth” and in an argument)...
It really depends on how you did it…
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I think you can steer it quite a lot depending on how you write it. It could be a fast-paced argument that focuses on showing rather than telling, or it could be written from a fairly relaxed point of view. I hate to use Harry Potter as an example, but doesn’t one of those begin something like “another argument had broken out at number 4, Privet Drive”?
Best of luck with it.
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