tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536639124087019847.post3851434601592055953..comments2023-09-15T04:38:19.579-06:00Comments on Writing About You: He Turned Off the Alarm Clock and Looked in the Mirror and Other Advice on BeginningsCicily Janushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841849529479076806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536639124087019847.post-50909261716122234562008-03-01T17:47:00.000-07:002008-03-01T17:47:00.000-07:00interesting, i've seen other debates recently on o...interesting, i've seen other debates recently on other blogs about book openings -- some say grab 'em by the neck, others prefer fewer fireworks.<BR/><BR/>of my favorite books, i can remember the opening lines of fewer than half of them. but that they didn't start out "call me ishmael" or "all happy families are alike..." didn't diminish their artistry. then again, i'll always remember "lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins" and "i am an invisible man" will sit with me until i go senile. <BR/><BR/>i don't know if you have to have a nabokovian first line, but you do have to grab them somehow.<BR/><BR/>nice blog. don't know how i wandered over here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com