Showing posts with label first words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first words. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Famous Last Words? How About Famous First Lines

One of my mother's favorite comebacks to comments from either my sister or me was, "Famous last words."

I don't have any of those to offer today, but I do have a link to famous FIRST words.

Sometimes, the hardest part about beginning a story or novel are the initial words.

For me, I almost always can't write any type of story (fiction, nonfiction, or otherwise) unless I have the first lines and the last lines.

Here's how other authors have managed this:

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/famous-first-lines-learn-how-to-start-a-novel