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I think the author over blows the significance of the first sentence in a novel. It never happened to me to abandon a book because I didn't like first sentence.
by piokoch 5y ago
I think the author over blows the significance of the first sentence in a novel. It never happened to me to abandon a book because I didn't like first sentence.
Having said that, surprising opening is a thing. For instance the greatest Polish patriotic epic poem starts with: "O Lithuania, my country, thou Art like good health;". Which nowadays is kind of unexpected...
- bluGill 5y agoI agree, I find the first page is about the right length to get right. (first page is generally half a page). The first sentence needs to set a scene, and so it can't give enough information about the future action or if I will even care about the people. If you are a bad author I'll know in the first few paragraphs, but never after one sentence.