>write opening passage about the MC struggling with an uncooperative mule/donkey -> getting concussed
>realise the first chapter could probably be a lot punchier if it just starts with him waking up from concussion-by-mule
I know this just ends up being a version of the "MC wakes up" flavour of slop openers but I just want to start the story/get the show on the road etc ASAP