Curious, Bold or Fitting Tone

Many thanks to Jordan, the author of this blog

Good Story Openings: 8 Lessons from Famous First Lines - Now Novel

• Good story openings make us Curious
• Enticing story beginnings make Bold Statements
• Effective openings set a Fitting Tone

These are all famous first lines but….according to Jordan….are they Curious, Bold Statement or Fitting Tone?

“We should start back,” Gared urged, as the woods began to grow dark around them. “The Wildings are dead.”

George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones

Fitting Tone

“Happy Families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in it’s own way”

Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

Bold Statement

The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of the situation.

Donna Tartt - The Secret History

Curious

Ex: Do a search on LinkedIn, X or Threads, Insta and Youtube (Short and Long)

I’m looking at one now with a Meme of Wolf…One of us

Henry Lightfoot on LinkedIn: Living with a mate who is now an internal recruiter has been a good eye…

Living with a mate who is now an internal recruiter has been a good eye opener this week into the amount of outreaches companies get from agencies when hiring.…

www.linkedin.com

It’s a curious tone that turns out to be fitting