tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post9177264742455786171..comments2024-03-28T03:22:31.230-04:00Comments on The League of Extraordinary Writers: Theme Week: (The Cursed) Beginnings!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-21774761587460940292011-11-08T22:11:19.222-05:002011-11-08T22:11:19.222-05:00Bittersweet - that is so funny about Feed! Wow!
S...Bittersweet - that is so funny about Feed! Wow!<br /><br />Sareh - I have certainly read books with prologues that I've liked, too!<br /><br />There are so many ways to tell a good story!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783105022383640157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-77238104387211325612011-11-08T17:50:01.360-05:002011-11-08T17:50:01.360-05:00For my story, The Cursing, I start out with a prol...For my story, The Cursing, I start out with a prologue. I couldn't think of getting rid of it. I'm on a writing website, Inkpop, and so far, everyone who's read it, except for one person, loves my prologue. I think they're good if done right. But a lot of readers don't like them. <br /><br />I'm not sure what my favorite beginnings are, but I think action packed ones or emotional ones draw me in the best.Sarehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829472672254117776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-41998052945395811782011-11-08T12:52:10.637-05:002011-11-08T12:52:10.637-05:00So many books that immediately draw me in! Not a Y...So many books that immediately draw me in! Not a YA book but "Mistborn" by Brandon Sanderson, drew me in from his first italicized paragraph. Perhaps he was breaking a few rules by starting the beginning of each chapter with an ancient document that is actually the personal diary of the failed Chosen One of the previous age, but by golly it sucked me in.<br /><br />It's a (modern) classic example, but Feed by M.T. Anderson really did draw me in with the first line. But what I remember most about Feed goes back to what you were saying about voice. I really clicked with the MC's voice. When I got to the end of the novel, I thought "Wow. It's like M.T. Anderson recorded the way I talk and used it to base his voice on." Took me a while, but I realized it was because Feed was published for my generation, those of us who went to high school right at the (recent) turn of the century. He must have paid a lot of attention to how we talk and think and flow. Because, seriously, it's like he recorded my brain. (Which is sort of ironic, considering the subject matter of the book).Mandy P.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02453249544598951624noreply@blogger.com