tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317728554295087021.post403481174314570782..comments2023-07-01T05:01:36.419-04:00Comments on Relatively Unread: First Line FridaysJessica Leakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03443106239685216080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317728554295087021.post-63029434594913923522011-09-21T11:55:24.873-04:002011-09-21T11:55:24.873-04:00Jessica, I think I have to agree that this may be ...Jessica, I think I have to agree that this may be my favorite first line of all time.<br /><br />I like the one from Little Women too, which is, if memory serves, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317728554295087021.post-43972714260961037782011-09-09T18:47:53.948-04:002011-09-09T18:47:53.948-04:00Yeah! That's what I was hoping for--I think it...Yeah! That's what I was hoping for--I think it would be really fun. <br /><br />I love the Alice Hoffman line you picked! It's great when the first line provides some foreshadowing. <br /><br />You can definitely see the influence in yours, but I think your line really paints a picture of the setting. I can imagine all those people gawking at the sign...and then at the occupants of the bus! <br /><br />Here's my first line from my current WIP (subject to change, of course):<br /><br />"The night my friends and I accidentally summoned a demon started out innocent enough."Jessica Leakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443106239685216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317728554295087021.post-26767019450105010342011-09-09T18:14:13.173-04:002011-09-09T18:14:13.173-04:00I love this idea! Will we be doing it every week?...I love this idea! Will we be doing it every week? Because this post made me grab all my favorite books off my shelf and remember why I loved them all over again. I want to list about 5 great first lines! But, if we're doing it every Friday...I'll save them.<br /><br />One of my favorite Alice Hoffman novels, <i> The River King </i>, begins:<br /><br /><b> The Haddan School was built in 1858 on the sloping banks of the Haddan River, a muddy and precarious location that had proven disastrous from the start. </b><br /><br />I love this first line because it grounds the story in place: a place with history, with nature, with the promise of a "disastrous" plot to follow.<br /><br />It is clear that this first line was the inspiration for my WIP's first line:<br /><br /><b> It was 1929 when the residents of Cline, Texas watched nervously as the “sold” sign appeared outside the Clark estate, when a bus unloaded four nuns and six young girls with swollen bellies, when the wooden sign was erected that read “Saint Therese’s Home for Girls.” </b>Kelsey Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846911630501228509noreply@blogger.com