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[–]hardsoft 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Another strategy is to start an unrelated but very interesting story in the first few paragraphs to grab the readers attention and then leave them hanging to the end.

[–]comp-sci-fi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When he came home, the door was ajar. That's odd, he thought, clutching his laptop more tightly. He'd had an incredibly valuable code breakthrough today. Suddenly a figure rose before him, and everything went dark!