Definition #
Named structural opening — the very first thing the reader gets. Pattern: love → shared pain → “I wished someone had done this” → “that’s why I wrote this for you.”
Family #
Candidate IP; structural opening device of the Reader’s Roadmap, alongside [The Grease Trap], [The Three Audiences], and [The Cascade].
Why Behind the Thinking #
Function per source: locks the reader in before [The Grease Trap], sets up Beat 4 (“there’s help”), and frames every hard truth that follows as coming from love.
Pairs With #
[The Grease Trap], [The Three Audiences], [The Cascade].
Placement #
Perspective
