I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.
“On the face of it, you wouldn’t think there was any connection between the murder of a dead man and the events that changed my perceptions about my life.” – Sue Grafton’s “J” is for Judgment
In a short twenty-nine words Grafton defines the character, foreshadows the story itself and the plotline. All great.
And then it quickly descends into genre tropes. This is not a bad thing in general and I’m sure there are people who love genre tropes.
Me, not so much. I like my genres with a bit more literary flare and a bit less trope
My loss, and I’m willing to accept that.
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