“At first it looked like low-lying ribbons of clouds just floating there, but then the clouds would be blown a little bit to the right and next to the left.”
‘The Guest Cat’ by Takashi Hiraide
Amazon
Try one of these 1st paras & discover a new author:-
‘Couples’ by John Updike
‘Queen Camilla’ by Sue Townsend
‘Jamrach’s Menagerie’ by Carol Birch
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The opening sentence and paragraph are beyond important these days, I certainly agree. Holding a reader’s attention is not easy, but first you have to engage their interest and if you just wander into the story line, that will never happen. Thank you for stirring my thought processes 🙂
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Sometimes I find the ‘great’ novels have less than great opening paragraphs! SD
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True, but the competition is so great to be read these days that no part of writing can be ignored. That is my belief anyway 🙂
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Absolutely. SD
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