tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post8065835505622177063..comments2024-03-28T01:47:40.319-07:00Comments on GottaBook: Opening lines....Greg Pincushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-23438140502126898942007-12-20T05:38:00.000-08:002007-12-20T05:38:00.000-08:00Are you going to share the other greats with us?Are you going to share the other greats with us?Stacy Loydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04777324686748687323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-21728734760117643672007-12-14T00:10:00.000-08:002007-12-14T00:10:00.000-08:00Thanks for including me on your list. That's fine ...Thanks for including me on your list. That's fine company I'm with!!!Lisa Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996451632755795135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-47511186035095755912007-12-12T13:54:00.000-08:002007-12-12T13:54:00.000-08:00David -- that's faboo! Someone else emailed me the...David -- that's faboo! <BR/><BR/>Someone else emailed me the opening to Shel Silverstein's The Missing Piece Meets the Big O -- "The missing piece sat alone... waiting for someone to come along and take it somewhere."<BR/><BR/>Different, but also worth sharing, I think.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the opening. And for the record, anyone who reads the first three lines of Absolutely Positively Not and doesn't want to read further is someone I doubt I'd ever understand!Greg Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22755318.post-74605154965598977632007-12-12T13:23:00.000-08:002007-12-12T13:23:00.000-08:00What an honor, Mr. Gregory K., to be included on y...What an honor, Mr. Gregory K., to be included on your list of great opening lines! Thank you!<BR/><BR/>When I visit schools and talk to kids about writing strong openings, my favorite example, as well as theirs, is the first paragraph of Barbara Robinson's THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER: <BR/><BR/>"The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the girls) and talked dirty and hit little kids and cussed their teachers and took the name of the Lord in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemaker's old broken-down toolhouse."<BR/><BR/>How can you not love an opening like that?<BR/><BR/>Have a great discussion!<BR/><BR/>David LaRochelle<BR/>www.davidlarochelle.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com