Month 9 reading - Plot and Structure

I read this book years ago, and didn’t think I’d get much out of the re-read. I was wrong. Just in the chapter on beginnings, I found this gem: that some great opening lines can be written with a named person and some sort of interruption to normality. So I thought I’d try it for the short story I was struggling with this month, and came up with this: For the fifth time that evening, Dan’s garage door opened of its own volition. What do you think? Do you want to read the story?