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amanuensis1) wrote2006-08-28 02:52 pm
amanuensis1) wrote2006-08-28 02:52 pm
FIC REC: Stalks and Bonds by the_con_cept (Also: How to Craft an Opening Line)
You ask me what kinds of fics I like? I like fics with a first line like this:
“I’m cold,” Draco said in that crisp voice he used when he expected something done about it.
That's the first line from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
the_con_cept's loopily wonderful reversathon fic, Stalks and Bonds (parody threesome bonding fic, Snape/Harry/Draco). It's a lovely example of what I think is a perfect opening line: starts in the middle of the action, doesn't bother with exposition, tells me worlds about the character and attitude not only of Draco but of the narrative POV-person perceiving Draco's protest, and it's witty in a way that would suit both a humorous story or a dark ironic one. And it's the entire opening paragraph and it's not too long. You want to suck me into a story? Yeah. Do that.
The rest of the story, happily, is just as delightful--with an opening line like that, you know it's likely to be. 'S the nature of writing skill.
“I’m cold,” Draco said in that crisp voice he used when he expected something done about it.
That's the first line from
the_con_cept's loopily wonderful reversathon fic, Stalks and Bonds (parody threesome bonding fic, Snape/Harry/Draco). It's a lovely example of what I think is a perfect opening line: starts in the middle of the action, doesn't bother with exposition, tells me worlds about the character and attitude not only of Draco but of the narrative POV-person perceiving Draco's protest, and it's witty in a way that would suit both a humorous story or a dark ironic one. And it's the entire opening paragraph and it's not too long. You want to suck me into a story? Yeah. Do that.The rest of the story, happily, is just as delightful--with an opening line like that, you know it's likely to be. 'S the nature of writing skill.
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