'Cause it's said that that the first sentance sells the book ?
2006-10-09 02:48:56 · 20 answers · asked by Orchid 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Whatever you do while reading this book, don't go to the last page before you get there."
2006-10-09 03:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by Fred C. Dobbs 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, while a first sentence can grab the reader, an editor is more likely to see if the first page makes him/her want to turn the page. If not, the book usually goes back. However, the editor also wants to see that the author can also write a middle and a satisfying ending.
Don't worry about the first line until you have more of the book/story. Usually you will change the opening several times before you finish the entire manuscript. You may not know what the first line should be until you get to the end.
Good luck with your writing.
2006-10-09 12:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by Aunt Biwi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now and again, Nancy had thought that someday she would become a volunteer in her small town yearly fall bizaare, but not this year as she hurridly passed the bulk of trash left over from boxes and wrappers as some of the townsmen would come soom before the event planned and set the archiac activeties in motion as they would every year as long as Nancy could remember.etc.
2006-10-09 09:58:52 · answer #3 · answered by Michael 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make it interesting so it catches the reader. dont always start when it happens but go to a good part. In Lord of The Flies the first sentence is "the boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet if rock and began to pick his wat toward the lagoon." The plane already crashed and everyone was out and it makes it sound itnteresting like "who is he?" "how did he get there?"
2006-10-09 11:34:09 · answer #4 · answered by morrisonfan010 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The blood on the man's hand matched the blood from the woman lying on the floor, what could have possed him to do this. That will get people attention.They will want to know who the dead lady is, and who killed her why they killed her and what relation did the murdered and the murderer have between them.Hope this help!
2006-10-09 21:21:33 · answer #5 · answered by outdoor_girl93 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was an adult book I would start it with this sentence.
They came from two completely different countries with different cultures but something attracted them to each other.
If it was a kids book I would start it with this sentence.
Rex was a nice dog.
2006-10-09 09:54:09 · answer #6 · answered by J T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is: If you wrote a book....sentence....
Do you really believe that?
I have never checked the first sentence!
2006-10-09 09:56:41 · answer #7 · answered by justbu40 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Get outta my way, you lump!" a six year old girl yelled at the girl twice her age who was lying on the floor of Syples Orphanage.
2006-10-09 09:57:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her last breath rolled out as the sweat from his brow fell gently to her lips.
2006-10-09 09:51:57 · answer #9 · answered by needhelp 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alone, she sat in the dark, eyes wide and waiting for a sound...
2006-10-09 13:57:25 · answer #10 · answered by mjkinoh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋