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In the Beginning of Your Story
February 7th, 2013 | Beginnings | journalpulp | No Comments
Establish your setting early on. Give The When, The Where, The Weather — the overall tone — as John Steinbeck does so well in the beautiful opening of Of Mice and Men: A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water [...]
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Top Thirteen Best First Sentences In Literature
January 18th, 2012 | Beginnings | journalpulp | 5 Comments
[Leave your favorites in the comments section.] Don’t judge a book by its cover; judge it by its opening, said Doug Bunting. Actually, the first sentence doesn’t mean everything, and at least half the books listed below don’t particularly satisfy me. And yet there’s no denying it: a good opening contains all the promise of [...]
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How To Begin Your Story
August 17th, 2011 | Beginnings, Characterization, Plot | journalpulp | No Comments
Establish your setting early on. Give us The When, The Where, The Weather — the overall tone. Is your story happy, soft, somber? John Steinbeck does this so well in the beautiful opening of Of Mice and Men: A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and [...]
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