You have to be wary of some writing advice. Some time ago I briefly joined a writing group, and one of the people at the head of it sent out an email advising how and how not to start your novel, with examples that had some problems, not the least of which being they didn’t tell people where the examples came from. I go into this in my first long form YouTube video, which is more of an off the cuff podcast than an essay, although there is some structure to it.