tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625290842452474467.post6704036457790541838..comments2024-01-16T05:07:04.213+00:00Comments on SHARON KENDRICK: NEW BEGINNINGS Sharon Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006524698711143868noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625290842452474467.post-75318892074008378642015-01-25T22:16:40.708+00:002015-01-25T22:16:40.708+00:00Thanks, Jen. I LOVE this line! It tells you so m...Thanks, Jen. I LOVE this line! It tells you so much in such a few words. Unconventional descriptions of characters' appearances allow the reader to create their own vision...Sharon Kendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006524698711143868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625290842452474467.post-9073528998576874942015-01-24T01:25:06.409+00:002015-01-24T01:25:06.409+00:00Great blog Sharon! My fav opening line from Gone W...Great blog Sharon! My fav opening line from Gone With The Wind - “Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745755510418802406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625290842452474467.post-85766669996543132952015-01-20T12:02:52.056+00:002015-01-20T12:02:52.056+00:00Wow - this is heavy stuff, Michela - and I don'...Wow - this is heavy stuff, Michela - and I don't know this book at all. As usual, you have inspired me and I shall look it out.Sharon Kendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006524698711143868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625290842452474467.post-80165687325182370542015-01-20T12:01:36.967+00:002015-01-20T12:01:36.967+00:00Yes Jack, a brilliant example of "less is mor...Yes Jack, a brilliant example of "less is more" - I might do a blog post about that one day…<br />And such an iconic line - you are second person to have drawn my attention to this particular masterpiece. 1984 remains one of my all-time favourite books.Sharon Kendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006524698711143868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625290842452474467.post-62649975749266300572015-01-20T11:02:22.507+00:002015-01-20T11:02:22.507+00:00Beautiful post - Sharon. I have no doubt for a fir...Beautiful post - Sharon. I have no doubt for a first line... I always think of Marguerite Duras's Prix Goncourt novel "The Lover".<br /><br />"Very early in my life, it was too late".<br /><br />Following this: <br />At eighteen it was already too late. At eighteen I aged. This aging was brutal. This aging, I saw it spread over my features, one by one. Instead of being frightened by it, I saw this aging of my face with the same sort of interest I might have taken for example in the reading of a book. That new face I kept it. It's kept the same contours, but its matter is destroyed. I have a destroyed face. Let me tell you again: I'm fifteen and a half. It's the crossing of a ferry on the Mekong.<br /><br />M x Michelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625290842452474467.post-37129304304051978082015-01-20T09:40:15.419+00:002015-01-20T09:40:15.419+00:00Fascinating post Sharon, many thanks. For a first ...Fascinating post Sharon, many thanks. For a first line hook, I always think Orwell had it nailed...<br /><br />'It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'<br /><br />Really is a case of 'less is more' though. His first draft read as follows:<br /><br />'It was a cold day in early April, and a million radios were striking thirteen.' <br /><br />JJack A Roonoreply@blogger.com