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Contest II: Best First Sentence For A Novel About…[CONTEST CLOSED] UPDATE: WINNER ANNOUNCED
April 18th, 2012 | Best First Sentence Contest | journalpulp | 331 Comments
WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED. The Journal Pulp is offering a $200.00 cash prize for the following: Best first sentence for a novel about a famous atheist-astronomer who one star-sprent summer evening glimpses God in the bottom of his whiskey glass. Rules and guidelines: No outrageous run-ons. You can submit anonymously or under [...]
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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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