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Fanfic meme
Jan. 5th, 2003 12:15 pmI guess I'm the last to join in with the First Line/Last Line meme. Better late than never...
For those who don't know what I'm talking about: several authors have used their LJ to look at the first and last lines of their stories.
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Looking at my opening and closing lines makes me realize I know nothing about this. I follow my instinct, but I never really paid attention to the underlying theories. If there are any. I'm sure there are lots of clever books on creative writing that have a lot to say about beginnings and endings, I just never read any.
Incidentally, during a poetry workshop we were once given a theme and an opening line from a poem by T.S. Eliot and we were asked to write a poem based on both. It was interesting to see that having an opening line got us into full swing in no time. No shying in front of the first hurdle. :-)
For those who don't know what I'm talking about: several authors have used their LJ to look at the first and last lines of their stories.
( Read more... )
Looking at my opening and closing lines makes me realize I know nothing about this. I follow my instinct, but I never really paid attention to the underlying theories. If there are any. I'm sure there are lots of clever books on creative writing that have a lot to say about beginnings and endings, I just never read any.
Incidentally, during a poetry workshop we were once given a theme and an opening line from a poem by T.S. Eliot and we were asked to write a poem based on both. It was interesting to see that having an opening line got us into full swing in no time. No shying in front of the first hurdle. :-)
