Paging Tomboy Snow White

18 variations on a theme.

I wrote 18 drafts of my introduction to On Our Best Behavior. I have no clue if that’s typical for other writers, but that was my journey: You’ve got one shot to synthesize your thinking and boil 90,000 words into a compelling synopsis that inspires bookstore browsers to buy your book—and then to keep reading. A well-crafted introduction can’t necessari…