Comments on: The First Page http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-page/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ashley http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-page/comment-page-1/#comment-389897 Ashley Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:27:37 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1350#comment-389897 I've never had trouble writing the first page; it's kinda wierd considering how everyone else does. I’ve never had trouble writing the first page; it’s kinda wierd considering how everyone else does.

]]> By: AaronT http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-page/comment-page-1/#comment-268495 AaronT Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:18:48 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1350#comment-268495 How's this for ending the first page? "The sun was shining, the breeze, blowing, and the birds chirping merrily as they engorged themselves on human flesh?" I have a slightly disturbed mind in case your wondering..but yeah, your right, the first page is usually a monologue... How’s this for ending the first page?
“The sun was shining, the breeze, blowing, and the birds chirping merrily as they engorged themselves on human flesh?”

I have a slightly disturbed mind in case your wondering..but yeah, your right, the first page is usually a monologue…

]]> By: MR http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-page/comment-page-1/#comment-65745 MR Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:59:43 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1350#comment-65745 I actually like the Pillars of the Earth line. It raises a lot of questions (who and why is someone being hanged) and immediately establishes a time frame (hangings with public audiences are not exactly modern things outside of 3rd world countries). @annie: I believe you're confusing World Without End (the sequel) with Pillars of the Earth (the original). Not that it's hard to do, because they are The. Exact. Same. Book. One just happens to be set 200 years after the other, but the plot, characters, themes, setting, and so much more are just rehashes of the PotE. It's one thing where you have a sequel that expands on the original. As an example, take Star Wars' The Empire Strikes Back versus A New Hope. Empire takes the original characters set up in ANH and weaves all new plots for them and builds settings and arcs we haven't seen before. It's truly a sequel. Imagine if Empire Strikes Back had the same plot as A New Hope, but was just populated with Han, Leia, and Luke's great-grandkids. Han and Leia's offspring act just like them and Luke's act just like Luke. The villain is played by someone who looks, acts, and fights just like Vader, but has a different name. And there you have it - the Star Wars version of World Without End. So boring and so predictable. I actually like the Pillars of the Earth line. It raises a lot of questions (who and why is someone being hanged) and immediately establishes a time frame (hangings with public audiences are not exactly modern things outside of 3rd world countries).

@annie: I believe you’re confusing World Without End (the sequel) with Pillars of the Earth (the original).

Not that it’s hard to do, because they are The. Exact. Same. Book. One just happens to be set 200 years after the other, but the plot, characters, themes, setting, and so much more are just rehashes of the PotE.

It’s one thing where you have a sequel that expands on the original. As an example, take Star Wars’ The Empire Strikes Back versus A New Hope. Empire takes the original characters set up in ANH and weaves all new plots for them and builds settings and arcs we haven’t seen before. It’s truly a sequel.

Imagine if Empire Strikes Back had the same plot as A New Hope, but was just populated with Han, Leia, and Luke’s great-grandkids. Han and Leia’s offspring act just like them and Luke’s act just like Luke. The villain is played by someone who looks, acts, and fights just like Vader, but has a different name. And there you have it – the Star Wars version of World Without End. So boring and so predictable.

]]> By: daci armstrong http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-page/comment-page-1/#comment-65525 daci armstrong Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:00:15 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1350#comment-65525 My nose is running like Niagara Falls, my guts are flowing faster than the Mississippi so I guess this is the start of flu season 2008! I am looking forward to getting daily writing tips. I need to spend some time out of the bathroom! My nose is running like Niagara Falls, my guts are flowing faster than the Mississippi so I guess this is the start of flu season 2008! I am looking forward to getting daily writing tips. I need to spend some time out of the bathroom!

]]> By: GoingLikeSixty http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-page/comment-page-1/#comment-65476 GoingLikeSixty Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:05:37 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1350#comment-65476 I guess I haven't been keeping up with how publishing houses are dying. http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/12/23/publishing/ - Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt - freeze on buying manuscripts. - Simon & Schuster laid off 35 employees - Thomas Nelson also announced 54 layoffs - Macmillan had laid off 64 employees Sara Nelson, editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. "I think it feels worse because it's everywhere now. It feels like the world is coming to an end -- and book publishing is just one part of that." So who do these agents think they are kidding? I guess I haven’t been keeping up with how publishing houses are dying.

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/12/23/publishing/

- Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt – freeze on buying manuscripts.
- Simon & Schuster laid off 35 employees
- Thomas Nelson also announced 54 layoffs
- Macmillan had laid off 64 employees

Sara Nelson, editor in chief of Publishers Weekly. “I think it feels worse because it’s everywhere now. It feels like the world is coming to an end — and book publishing is just one part of that.”

So who do these agents think they are kidding?

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