In Medias Res/Quotes
Homer doesn't begin the Trojan War with Leda's twin eggs: he always rushes toward the outcome, and he carries the listener along with him into the middle of things, just as if they were familiar.
—Horace
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You hit the ground running
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Most epic poets plunge in medias res —Lord Byron's Don Juan, I.6
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Start as late in the story as possible.
—Writing proverb
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