Comments on Portrait of a Book: Opening Lines (1)

I really love this idea. Opening lines set the ton...

2012-11-11T23:46:46.658-05:00

I really love this idea. Opening lines set the tone for the entire novel. My favourite is the beginning of Days of Blood and Starlight.

I like Laini Taylor's opening a lot as well. ...

2012-11-11T18:31:14.552-05:00

I like Laini Taylor's opening a lot as well. It creates such a great picture.

I've flipped to the end before, but seeing spo...

2012-11-11T18:30:02.252-05:00

I've flipped to the end before, but seeing spoilery cliffhangers stopped me from doing that! That's a good point about opening lines. I've also heard authors say that opening lines should give some clue as to characterization, setting, and conflict all in a few words.

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Great feature. I like the one from Days of Blood a...

2012-11-11T14:05:12.312-05:00

Great feature. I like the one from Days of Blood and Starlight best. Laini Taylor's prose is simply beautiful :)

I would have to go with Laini Taylor

2012-11-11T12:27:44.774-05:00

I would have to go with Laini Taylor

What a great idea for a blog post! Opening lines ...

2012-11-11T10:41:06.879-05:00

What a great idea for a blog post! Opening lines can really tell you so much about a book. When I was younger I used to flip to the end and read the last line to decide whether or not I wanted to read the whole thing... haha. I've since stopped doing that. I like the surprise so much more :)

The Burning Blue opening really caught my interest! In my creative writing classes, we learn that making the reader ask a question (in this case: "you were in the cemetery when WHAT happened?") is very effective in an opening.

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