[lit-ideas] Re: Opening lines
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:40:20 +0100
> Email is, indeed, a treacherous thing. I found the line intriguing. It
> arrested my attention and made me want to continue reading to find out
> what was happening.
!! I see it now. I was rather puzzled.
> since I've read
> a good deal of Burgess and was primed to react positively
I think I am too -- though I haven't liked all of his work
Judy Evans, Cardiff
----- Original Message -----
From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 2:28 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Opening lines
> On 7/30/07, Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I haven't read _Earthly Powers_ (perhaps the length
> > put me off, perhaps there were some bad reviews) but
> > if I'd decided to, the first line wouldn't have made
> > me stop reading. (I'm not quite sure why it would,
> > why it would be thought off-putting. I suppose if it
> > were the first line of a novel by a new writer or an
> > established writer I didn't like, it might, though
> > I've never, I think, stopped reading just because of a
> > first line, as opposed to a very boring long first
> > paragraph.)
>
> Email is, indeed, a treacherous thing. I found the line intriguing. It
> arrested my attention and made me want to continue reading to find out
> what was happening. Not an entirely innocent response, since I've read
> a good deal of Burgess and was primed to react positively.
>
> John
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