So when i came across the following articles it made me think....
Do you capture someones attention with the first line of your book?
In this list there is everything from Matilda to The Clockwork Orange. I have read possibly a third of this list.
Then i went from there to the next link which was....
What does the sex scene in your book say about you? I knew "Lady Chatterleys Lover" would be in here, but "Journey" by Tony Blair. Really?
My book currently has five completed chapters and the sixth is underway. Chapter five was a sex scene and was possibly the hardest thing to write as i didn't want to offend people but i did want to turn them on!
I have shamefully not read any on this list but i will be going out to buy a selection this weekend. Tony's may not be on that list, but then who knows!
Finally i got to....
Now out of this list i have probably read about two thirds.
Is this because i judge a book, not by its cover but by its last line?
The way i see it, if i read the last sentence first and i remember that sentence when i read it at the end of the book then the book hasn't been that good. I haven't been lunged into the book, gotten lost in its words and fallen in love with its characters. However, if i get to the end and i have totally forgotten then i have loved the book and i may not have realised it at the time but i have gotten into it in a deep way. The only way you should get into a good book.
So, i will endeavour to make my opening line a great one, read some amazing sex scenes, compare and possibly edit my own and ensure that my closing line is not memorable!
I believe that if i conquer that, all the rest will just fall into place.
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