♦Scroll down below for a collection of hints I’ve found to help me create a great first line♦ He has just been shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, one of the worlds most important literary awards. His book The Narrow Road to the Deep North was a hard read (for me) but beautifully written – as you can see by his opening line. The first line in my list below is by acclaimed Australian novelist Richard Flanagan. It really made me think about the first line of my novel, so I decided to do some research and look back through some of the books I’ve read this year and re-read some of their opening lines. She posted on Facebook asking a few writer friends to put up the first line of the first three chapters of their WIP or ‘work in progress’. Thanks to my friend and writer Maureen Flynn for this idea. I love a good opening line, it can be intriguing, beautifully written, scary or thought provoking. Trinity College Library, Dublin with Holly in her Santa hat.
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