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Tag: first sentences

First Lines from Other Worlds

For these first lines from other worlds I include the first 45-55 words of each novel. Do you want to read more?

Published April 1, 2022
Categorized as First Lines, Reading, Science Fiction Tagged first page, first sentences, Lynette M. Burrows, reading, Science Fiction

First Lines from Women’s Fiction

Let’s celebrate women’s history month with first lines from women’s fiction. First Line Friday posts are published on the first Friday of every month.

Published March 4, 2022
Categorized as First Lines, Reading Tagged fiction, first line friday, first sentences, Lynette M. Burrows, novels, reading

First Line Friday: Ghosts and Witches and Monsters

It’s October and that means for First Line Friday we’re looking for ghosts and witches and monsters—in science fiction and fantasy books

Published October 9, 2020
Categorized as First Lines, Reading, Science Fiction Tagged first lines, first sentences, ghosts and witches and monsters

How to Write a Great First Line

The first line of a story has a major job—to catch the attention of the reader. The right reader. As a writer it is, arguably, the most important line we write. So how do we write a great first line? The Job of the First Line If the job of the first line of a… Continue reading How to Write a Great First Line

Published September 11, 2020
Categorized as How To's, Writing Tagged first lines, first sentences, how to write

First Lines for August

August is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So I thought it fitting that I feature novels set in or about World War II in the First Lines for August post. Based on these first lines alone, would you buy the book? At dusk they pour from the sky.  All the… Continue reading First Lines for August

Published August 7, 2020
Categorized as First Lines, Reading Tagged books to read, first sentences, World War 2

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