tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post4515428638672424880..comments2023-12-25T05:45:34.307+00:00Comments on Broken Biro: First linesbroken birohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-16554453687136969042011-04-11T09:30:19.955+01:002011-04-11T09:30:19.955+01:00Ah, but where does a blog-novel begin - the first ...Ah, but where does a blog-novel begin - the first post, which is miles away at the end, or the latest? Eh?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-68371306691731432172011-04-10T22:26:58.233+01:002011-04-10T22:26:58.233+01:00Dave - hmmm... First sentence is usually at the be...Dave - hmmm... First sentence is usually at the beginning... which is often where I start, non?<br /><br />Philip - Now I know where Tony & Cherie Blair got it from! But what of your real novels, sir? I note you have whipped another one out?broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-64693217844784512112011-04-09T15:08:54.541+01:002011-04-09T15:08:54.541+01:00The first line of my contribution to the Barbara C...The first line of my contribution to the <a href="http://thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2005/03/heaving-girdles-extract.html" rel="nofollow">Barbara Cartland genre</a> does not appear to have survived, but what remains is not altogether devoid of stylistic interest.Philiphttp://www.thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-12504965379884631472011-04-09T08:53:13.527+01:002011-04-09T08:53:13.527+01:00I'd forgotten my online real-time novel (which...I'd forgotten my online real-time novel (which has had writer's block for two years now): http://calling-project-hermes.blogspot.com/<br /><br />First sentence, depending where you start, is either:<br /><br />'This isn’t a conventional blog.'<br /><br />or<br /><br />'This is really a desperate throw, but I hope if I start posting details here, with some of the key words that the team will recognise, maybe they'll be picked up on a search engine.'Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-19768982924779537202011-04-08T17:28:54.547+01:002011-04-08T17:28:54.547+01:00Dave - those lines get steadily better... excludin...Dave - those lines get steadily better... excluding the published one, of course!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-25991327428761921382011-04-08T08:26:58.933+01:002011-04-08T08:26:58.933+01:00Have just looked at my files. My unfinished novel...Have just looked at my files. My unfinished novels start like this:<br /><br />'The grandfather clock, tipped against the wall at a distressing angle, chimed thirteen.' [Echoes of 1984?]<br /><br />'The weak autumn light seemed unable to make the steel of the blade shine.'<br /><br />'I woke feeling refreshed and bright – which should have alerted me to the fact that something was wrong.'<br /><br />'This was doing him no good.'<br /><br />My one published book has this opening sentence: 'There has never been much publicity about the activities of women preachers in early Methodism.' You can see why it became a best-seller.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.com