The Successful Novelist (2008) by David Morrell

Author:David Morrell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-04-05T04:22:20+00:00

Common sense tells us that the first sentence, the first paragraph, and the first page are where a book makes its strongest impression. Then why would anyone, especially an unknown author desperate to make an impression, begin a book with a page of listless description? Or an ordinary day in the life of the main character? Imagine that you're in a crowd, trying to attract someone's attention. You need to jump higher, wave stronger, and shout louder than everybody else. That doesn't mean you're required to begin with "The shotgun blast blew the groom's head apart, spewing blood and brain all over the white dresses of the flower girls at the wedding. " That might be more waving and shouting than an editor would appreciate. As Gene Kelly says in Singin' in the Rain, "Dignity, always dignity. " But at least, my shotgun example is better than the put-me-to-sleep "He strolled, leisurely, into the park. " (Love those commas. )

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