Writing about [topic] for
[audience]. Five different
first paragraphs — anecdote,
claim, question, scene, plain
problem — and what each
commits the piece to.

Five Openings for One Piece

Five openings, each with the obligation it creates.

Prompt

I'm writing about [topic] for [audience]. Give me five different first paragraphs — an anecdote, a claim, a question, a scene, and a plain statement of the problem — and say what each one commits the rest of the piece to.