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