A blooper from our recent episode to put a pep in your step on this hump day. Thank you Aly, for going back through your WIP graveyard for some fun examples!
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MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT by Elizabeth Taylor
#NYRBWomen26 page guide for MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT by Elizabeth Taylor
“Mrs Palfrey first came to the Claremont Hotel on a Sunday afternoon in January. Rain had closed in over London, and her taxi slashed along …” #NYRBWomen26 #FirstSentence
"The door opened like something out of a movie—slow, golden, dramatic." #sneakpeek #indieauthor #firstsentence #indieauthor #booksky #shortstory #YALit #teenromance #highschoolromance #blackromance #AfricanAmericanromance #AmazonKindle www.amazon.com/dp/B0F64M8GFD
Yurei Kamiya hadn’t opened the laptop in a month. AI-KON: REFRACTED MEMORIES #firstsentence #computers #scifi #blackbooksky #indieauthor #authorsky #shortstory #AI www.hoopladigital.com/title/18760556 #Hoopla #digitalreads
"The theatre’s neon sign hummed above the couple like a half-kept promise." #FirstSentence #WritingCommunity #ComingSoon #ShortStory #SoftEroticaRomance #BlackWomenWriters #WriteSky #BookSky #SneakPeek
Doing that first sentence challenge because hey, who can it hurt?
"Rain seems endless in the Pacific Northwest."
"A dramatic historical reenactment begins, not with a bang, but with a text placard hastily inserted over footage of the opening battle."
#writesky #books #firstsentence #marketing!
The first sentence reads:
"Scott used to say that the worst part of an expedition was over when the preparation was finished."
(I will return to the 2 intros, by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard, and Sara Wheeler, and foreword by George Seaver)
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #FirstSentence #TheWorstJourneyInTheWorld
A first sentence i read maybe 35 years ago and never forgot, often think of, and have no idea what it means:
Whole sight, or all else is desolation.
- John Fowles
Not even sure which of his books that is, maybe The Magus?
What a first sentence and what does it mean?
#Words #FirstSentence
Sometimes, that first sentence can be daunting.
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Holding a stack of 4 books in front of a flower shop, with lots of flower bouqets (specifically peonies) in different colours in the background. The books pictured are: Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway's Party; Michael Cunningham: The Hours; Virginia Woolf: Frances Spalding: Mrs. Dalloway; Virginia Woolf - Art, Life and Vision
"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself"💐
That's the famous #firstsentence of #MrsDalloway by #VirginiaWoolf
The modernist novel turns 100 years today!
You can find different editions & additional literature on Woolf in our collection (see reply for links)
#ModernistLiterature #OTD
Sharing the first sentence of a popular novel, published recently. Know it?
"When we were new, Rosa and I were mid-store, on the magazines table side, and could see through more than half of the window."
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence #Openingwords #authors 📚💙
Sharing the first sentence of a classic novel, published (several hundred years ago). Know it?
"In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost."
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence #Openingwords #authors 📚💙
Sharing the First Sentence of a well-known novel. Guesses? (Hint: published in 21st century)
One of the many things my brother, Corrigan, and I loved about our mother was that she was a fine musician.
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence 📚💙
Show me you know how to begin a novel with a first sentence. Give me something spontaneous, not something you’ve already done.
Mine?
It was only when I looked up from the bottom of the hole and felt the first shovel of dirt hit me that I knew I was going to die.
#WritingCommunity
#FirstSentence
Sharing the First Sentence of a well-known novel. Guesses? (Hint: 19th century)
"3 May. Bistritz--Left Munich at 8:35 p.m., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#FirstSentence
Twirling Book Princess pink promo banner for Monday's First Sentence featuring Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
😍A new Monday's First Sentence, today a book I so so need: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix! I love this first sentence~❤️
#BookBloggers #Blogging #FirstSentence #Teaser #Horror #WantToRead #BookSky💙📚
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Who wrote this First Sentence of a well-known novel? (Hint: 21st century)
"They say it came first from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tianos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; . . . "
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#FirstSentence
#firstsentence #writerschallenge: Every day post the 1st sentence of every chapter of whatever you’ve written/are writing! I’m starting with my 1st book, ‘Blood & Sand’ (available at www.aislingwilder.com)
#writers #authors #LGBTQIA+ #vampirebooks #vampires #urbanfantasy #authorslife #booksky
#firstsentence #writerschallenge: Every day post the 1st sentence of every chapter of whatever you’ve written/are writing! I’m starting with my 1st book, ‘Blood & Sand’ (available at www.aislingwilder.com)
#writers #authors #LGBTQIA+ #vampirebooks #vampires #urbanfantasy #authorslife #booksky
Anyone know who wrote this First Sentence of a well-known novel? (Hint: 20th century)
"What's it going to be then, eh?"
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#FirstSentence
Anyone know who wrote this First Sentence of a well-known novel?
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes"
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence
Your turn #FirstSentence
Anyone know who wrote this First Sentence of a well-known novel?
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence
New year, new challenge: every day posting the 1st sentence of every chapter, beginning with my 1st book, ‘Blood & Sand’. #firstsentence #urbanfantasy #writerschallenge
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#authors
Apparently, my first sentence was ‘De var is ofer’ (in a vaguely German accent). No idea why. There was no war going on at the time.
What was your #FirstSentence?
"Wenn Menschen sterben, scheißen sie sich meist in die Hosen." - @misterkristoff.bsky.social
#Nevernight #FirstSentence #BuddyRead
‘To be eaten by us is a great honor,’ the young man explained in nearly perfect French, while his father and other family members looked on, intently conveying that his words were the apt representation of their collective sentiment.
#teaser #firstsentence #shortstory
shl.anant1.net/to-be-eaten
"The first time they met, Kim was covered in blood."
#nanowrimo2023 #writing #firstsentence
