Extra-special near pathological attention… to first and last lines….
- February 15, 2019
- Tracee de Hahn
Tracee: I’m given a bit of time this week to the importance first lines and pages in a manuscript.
Read MoreTracee: I’m given a bit of time this week to the importance first lines and pages in a manuscript.
Read MoreI didn’t grow up in the tradition of memorizing great swaths of poetry or prose (this is an entire subject of great regret) so it means something when I can quote a first line without pulling out the book. Think about this. It is one line. The first line. The one read before all the others on hundreds of pages, and yet it sticks in the mind.
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