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03/23/2017 11:04 AM ·Spoilers

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"Diaries are kept by men: strong brushstrokes on smooth mulberry paper, gathered into sheaves and tied with ribbon and placed in a lacquered box."A beautiful image that sets a tone of elegance and also establishes indirectly that this isn't a culture where diaries are written in hardcover blank books. Plus you're left hanging to find out what women do.

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  • Tammy

    03/23/2017 11:05 AM ·Spoilers

    "Let me tell you why I wished to buy a meerkat at Quin's Shanghai Circus." — Veniss Underground, Jeff Vandermeer The conversational opening sentence is always a great notion — the narrator speaking directly to the reader. And the word "meerkat" just sort of pops out at you. Apparently there's a long story about this meerkat? At the circus? Curiosity: engaged.

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  • Tammy

    03/23/2017 11:06 AM ·Spoilers

    "Because she was Chalice she stood at the front door with the Grand Seneschal, the Overlord's agent and the Prelate, all of whom were carefully ignoring her." — Chalice, Robin McKinley Starting your first sentence with a subordinate clause is always a risky move, but this sets up our curiosity about what it means that "she was Chalice"... and then we wait through the impressive list of titles to

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  • Tammy

    03/23/2017 11:06 AM ·Spoilers

    (Probably some books you may want to read)

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  • Tammy

    03/23/2017 11:07 AM ·Spoilers

    "Taran wanted to make a sword; but Coll, charged with the practical side of his education, decided on horseshoes." — The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander is one of the great underappreciated fantasy writers, and this is a terrific opening. It sets a humorous tone, but also establishes a conflict in the very first sentence. That semicolon cuts like a sword in itself.

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  • Tammy

    03/23/2017 11:07 AM ·Spoilers

    "Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree." — Hogfather, Terry Pratchett As we'll see further down the list, setting up a generalization and then overturning it is always a brilliant way to launch a story. Plus this is just such a funny, sharp opening.

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  • Tammy

    03/23/2017 11:07 AM ·Spoilers

    "The year that Buttercup was born, the most beautiful woman in the world was a French scullery maid named Annette." — The Princess Bride, William Goldman And here's another funny opening sentence that totally defuses the mythic tone by telling you the most beautiful woman in the world is some other person, not the story's heroine.

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  • Tammy

    03/30/2017 8:21 AM ·Spoilers

    So tell me if you would like to read any of these books!

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  • Razorwit

    04/26/2017 11:48 PM ·Spoilers

    No but the next part of the roleplay is up.

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