tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post2097521385740225842..comments2023-10-05T09:44:58.124+01:00Comments on Get On With It: Opening linesKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-63245673385475512882008-04-21T11:09:00.000+01:002008-04-21T11:09:00.000+01:00Sorry for the late comment; I've had your post ope...Sorry for the late comment; I've had your post open on the screen all weekand, but have too distracted googling! Great post - really thought-provoking, and rather scary!Leigh Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651812577518625326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-9597679385887046402008-04-20T18:27:00.000+01:002008-04-20T18:27:00.000+01:00yvonne - If I could just write opening lines I'd b...yvonne - If I could just write opening lines I'd be on to a winner. It's the rest of 'em that's tricky!<BR/><BR/>helenmh - That would be a great opening line! A story about an evil (or genius) chef springs to mind :o)<BR/><BR/>kerry - Don't worry about the spelling - I do it all the tmie ;o)<BR/>Brer Rabbit was a lovable scamp - I'm glad no-one ever made him into a casserole. <BR/>I don't know why I said that...<BR/><BR/>jumbly girl - Absorbing Brer Rabbit by osmosis...I like that :o)<BR/><BR/>I read somewhere that the second paragraph should be where most novels start, if that's any help! I should probably apply that to my own writing.<BR/><BR/>kalliope - I spend too much time tinkering with my first lines as it is. If it became an Olympic sport I'd win gold :o)<BR/><BR/>lane - I must admit there've been times it's taken me a full chapter to properly get into a book, so he I think he was probably over-dramatising.<BR/><BR/>I DO remember lovely John Corbett, but when he appeared in SATC I spent quite a while trying to remember where I'd seen him before!<BR/><BR/>annieye - You're right, I'm sure literary snobbishness would rear it's ugly head again! I loved the Malory Towers/St Clare's series as well!<BR/><BR/>tommo - I would stop stuffing my face with cake, but it helps me creativity. That's my story anyway...<BR/><BR/>spiralskies - I'm quite new to Random Googling, but it could become addictive. As if I need any more distractions...<BR/><BR/>debs - It's good fun, I must say. I've already had an idea for a story actually, so not a total waste of time!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-33073057961274477012008-04-20T16:30:00.000+01:002008-04-20T16:30:00.000+01:00Brilliant post, I'm now going to have to google "I...Brilliant post, I'm now going to have to google "It's a well..."Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-37877204497942659052008-04-20T07:59:00.000+01:002008-04-20T07:59:00.000+01:00Oh, you can never go wrong with a bot of random Go...Oh, you can never go wrong with a bot of random Googling! It should be made a sport.<BR/><BR/>Great post - especially the 'pass' comment after the 'urine' fact... ew.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781237143187343971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-32387254728452201882008-04-19T13:42:00.000+01:002008-04-19T13:42:00.000+01:00It's a well-known fact that Clarkey is a woman up ...It's a well-known fact that Clarkey is a woman up for a wordy challenge. Now stop stuffing your face with cake and get yourself over to my blog. I need your help! TommoxDABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-51656193283880547922008-04-19T10:52:00.000+01:002008-04-19T10:52:00.000+01:00Fantastic Post, Karen. I loved Brer Rabbit - in f...Fantastic Post, Karen. I loved Brer Rabbit - in fact I loved all Enid Blyton Books. <BR/><BR/>You can just imagine the Guardian journalist, peering disdainfully over the top of his/her glasses and everyone feeling like they were five-years old.Annieyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466245069641820781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-83142440015419954202008-04-18T20:35:00.000+01:002008-04-18T20:35:00.000+01:00Now you see, I'm not sure if I agree with Mr/Ms Gu...Now you see, I'm not sure if I agree with Mr/Ms Guardian writer. Sure the opener has got to be good but I certainly don't believe it has to be the line to end all lines. Who would discard a book just because the opening sentence doesn't grab you?? Mind you after reading No95 in that list, I could well do that!<BR/><BR/>(ps re your comment over at mine - Northern Exposure was brill. Remember John Corbett as the radio guy. Hubba hubberrrr:-) Must find a DVD at library too:-)Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-32492988492873419782008-04-18T18:19:00.000+01:002008-04-18T18:19:00.000+01:00Scary Guardian. Good post. Time to go reread my fi...Scary Guardian. Good post. Time to go reread my first lines. Ach!Lady Ursula Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356273609359568345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-30893477088279148442008-04-18T11:24:00.000+01:002008-04-18T11:24:00.000+01:00Fab post Karen. The GUardian quote has made me qu...Fab post Karen. The GUardian quote has made me quake. I am in need of a new opening line/paragraph after realising I had started my novel in the wrong place (Doh!). Like the idea of the random googling I must give it a try, it sounds like a great way of getting story ideas.<BR/><BR/>I love Brer Rabbit and have just got my daughter a full set from a jumbly - she is so far showing no interest whatsoever so I may need to read them to her in her sleep and then ask if she's had any strange dreams of animals covered in tar and feathersJumbly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07647281809483197663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-77666552370732939302008-04-17T21:36:00.000+01:002008-04-17T21:36:00.000+01:00Oh God! My bad spelling is evolving...obviously I ...Oh God! My bad spelling is evolving...obviously I meant blush....*blush*Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021142277030520755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-47728085915807397402008-04-17T21:33:00.000+01:002008-04-17T21:33:00.000+01:00Brilliant post Karen. So true and I felt a guilty ...Brilliant post Karen. So true and I felt a guilty bluch rising reading the Guardian journalists comment /: <BR/><BR/>Also I *LOVE* Brer Rabbit my Ma used to read me the southern american one....I haven't thought about that in years!Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021142277030520755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-39504506721801707742008-04-17T20:46:00.000+01:002008-04-17T20:46:00.000+01:00Oh dear, I'm still trying to come up with a short ...Oh dear, I'm still trying to come up with a short story to fit a line I had a dream about. 'A single strand of spaghetti, a single drop of olive oil'. What!?!HelenMWaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182100572365505905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-17848213586278797342008-04-17T20:30:00.000+01:002008-04-17T20:30:00.000+01:00Great post and great idea with the 'little known' ...Great post and great idea with the 'little known' lines! The whole idea of opening lines makes me a little nervous...The Guardian article does go overboard, but they're right!Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712024237175327405noreply@blogger.com