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blgarver:

--- Quote from: Abstruse on December 27, 2006, 05:03:53 PM ---I remember reading in some how to write mysteries book that one of the authors in it thought that almost any rough draft worked better with the first sentence/paragraph removed, making the first line have more impact. 

"The car slowed down as it pulled in front of me, the driver rolling down his window as he leaned out.  The gunmetal glinted in the light as the barrel focused in on me."  Would this work as an introductory paragraph of Chapter 5?  Sure.  But cut that first sentence out and the opening line looks a lot stronger without the description in front of it.

The Abstruse One
Darryl Mott Jr.

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Interesting.  I think I like this technique.  I might try it with my current project.

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