(October 11, 2015 at 5:18 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I would not. A typographical error in the first line of a novel puts me right off.
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Just because he forgot to capitalize the baby's nickname is no reason to be so harsh.
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 Just because he forgot to capitalize the baby's nickname is no reason to be so harsh. 
Hell yes.
In fact, I'm never reading anything ever again that doesn't start with that sentence. Feel free to send me a private message.
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Show, don't tell. You've got at least a page to hook the reader.
![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zf86M5L7/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg)  (October 11, 2015 at 12:37 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(October 11, 2015 at 5:18 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I would not. A typographical error in the first line of a novel puts me right off. Actually, I rather think it is. So there. Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
The opening of a story is called a hook. "She killed a baby shortly after giving birth to it" is as good a hook as any. Why did she do it? Better keep reading if I want to know. There are many reasons someone might want to kill something right after it came out of, especially if this universe has magic in it.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html  (October 10, 2015 at 11:50 pm)Kitan Wrote: If this was the opening sentence to a novel, would you continue reading? Why not? Beginning, middle, end, no difference. Maybe it was a demon. Maybe she is psychotic. Who knows? Have to read it to find out.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
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Ive got an idea for the second sentence.
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Please visit my website here! It's got lots of information about atheism/theism and support for new atheists. Index of useful threads and discussions Index of my best videos Quickstart guide to the forum  (October 11, 2015 at 3:21 am)Minimalist Wrote: Oh. Quote:Woman charged with 'throwing baby from NYC window' http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34453332 |
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