Comments on: What Your First Paragraph Says About You As A Writer http://jennybeans.net/2010/04/15/what-your-first-paragraph-says-about-you-as-a-writer/ Official Website of Author Jennifer Hudock Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ziggy Kinsella http://jennybeans.net/2010/04/15/what-your-first-paragraph-says-about-you-as-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Ziggy Kinsella Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:26:06 +0000 http://jennybeans.net/?p=329#comment-226 Ray Bradbury comes to mind, as I was reading Something Wicked recently: "The seller of lightening rods arrived just ahead of the storm. He came along the street of Green Town, Illinois, in the late cloudy October day, sneaking glances over his shoulder. Somewhere not so far back, vast lightnings stomped the earth. Somewhere, a storm like a great beast with terrible teeth could not be denied." Makes yah sick really :) Ray Bradbury comes to mind, as I was reading Something Wicked recently:

“The seller of lightening rods arrived just ahead of the storm. He came along the street of Green Town, Illinois, in the late cloudy October day, sneaking glances over his shoulder. Somewhere not so far back, vast lightnings stomped the earth. Somewhere, a storm like a great beast with terrible teeth could not be denied.”

Makes yah sick really :)

]]> By: Chris Bowsman http://jennybeans.net/2010/04/15/what-your-first-paragraph-says-about-you-as-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Chris Bowsman Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:14:55 +0000 http://jennybeans.net/?p=329#comment-225 I've been writing and reading a lot of flash fiction lately, so I've been really hung up on the strength of the first sentence. Pulling off a killer sentence is definitely way easier than a paragraph. Most of the time, it's as simple as making it really vulgar or silly. I’ve been writing and reading a lot of flash fiction lately, so I’ve been really hung up on the strength of the first sentence. Pulling off a killer sentence is definitely way easier than a paragraph. Most of the time, it’s as simple as making it really vulgar or silly.

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