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Today's writing tip, from a reader: your first sentence is crucial. You'd be surprised how many people decide whether to read on, from the first sentence alone.
Personally, I flip to somewhere near the middle to assess the writing quality and style, but most people don't do it that way, I think?
Anyway, it might be intriguing to find out what your favorite first sentences are, of any book you've read.
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@kimlockhartga@beige.party @bookstodon@a.gup.pe "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." -- William Gibson, Neuromancer
Remains my favourite opening line of any book, because of how evocative it is of what's to come. That grey static on a cathode ray tube TV...who'd have thought of that as the backdrop for this cyberpunk city?
"What makes Iago evil? Some people ask. I never ask." -- Joan Didion, Play It as It Lays
I love a pithy opening sentence that perfectly sets the mood.