The first 100 words of your book are some of the most important words you will write. Those words should grab your reader and make them want to read more. According to The Writers Little Helper, the first 100 words set the tone, establish a point of view, set the scene and should smack the reader between the eyes with an element of "Oh wow!" I love to wander through bookstores grabbing books at random reading first paragraphs.
The Writers Little Helper list's great examples of opening scenes. I thought I'd share a few with you.
I didn't see him at first, I smelled him though... John Grisham' s The Street Lawyer
When I was little I wuld think of ways to kill my daddy. Kaye Gibbons book Ellen Foster
....much as I loved my son, I was glad to see him dissapear. Terry McMillan's How Stella Got Her Grove Back
What are some of your favorite openers?
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Monday, July 30, 2007
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