tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post116101680556532972..comments2024-01-31T04:29:38.858-06:00Comments on The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers: Shivers and HopeSean Chercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-20130361981181467382015-10-27T09:18:14.746-05:002015-10-27T09:18:14.746-05:00`
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Somehow, in an earlier post, I botched up your first sentence from the novel,ONE TRUE THING.<BR/>It should have read "Jail is not as bad as you might imagine."<BR/>As I said before, it was one of those opening sentences that grabbed me.Bob Literhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158279275971404443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161120580825529292006-10-17T16:29:00.000-05:002006-10-17T16:29:00.000-05:00The night of my mother's funeral, Linda Dawson cri...The night of my mother's funeral, Linda Dawson cried on my shoulder, put her tongue in my mouth and asked me to find her husband.<BR/><BR/>--The Wrong Kind of Blood<BR/>Declan Hughes<BR/><BR/><BR/>I was willing to go wherever the rest of that story wanted to take me.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161119639203735142006-10-17T16:13:00.000-05:002006-10-17T16:13:00.000-05:00Jail is not be as bad as you might imagine.The abo...Jail is not be as bad as you might imagine.<BR/>The above is the opening line of Anna Quindlen's novel, One True Thing.<BR/>It grabbed my attention.Bob Literhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158279275971404443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161109590740166082006-10-17T13:26:00.000-05:002006-10-17T13:26:00.000-05:00Great post. Some of the best crime opening lines ...Great post. Some of the best crime opening lines come courtesy of Donald Westlake, writing as Richard Stark, in the Parker series. Nearly every one of them has a compelling, suck-you-in opener.<BR/><BR/>"When the guy with the asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away." --THE MOURNER<BR/><BR/>As a writer, I'm always looking for those great Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952008139132652259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161106144111458132006-10-17T12:29:00.000-05:002006-10-17T12:29:00.000-05:00I gave a workshop recently on this very subject an...I gave a workshop recently on this very subject and while preparing for it I asked a literary agent how many manuscripts that come into his office are read all the way to the end. By an agent. By an assistant. Anybody.<BR/><BR/>He said "five out of a thousand."<BR/><BR/>So don't wait to get their attention.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite opening lines for the shiver factor also violates the weather Kevin Guilfoilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239157460247794910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161106041261322822006-10-17T12:27:00.000-05:002006-10-17T12:27:00.000-05:00"After dinner I sat and waited for Pyle in my room..."After dinner I sat and waited for Pyle in my room over the rue Catinat; he had said,'I'll be with you at the latest by ten,' and when midnight struck I couldn't stay quiet any longer and went down into the street."<BR/><BR/>- Graham Greene, <I>The Quiet American</I>Brett Battleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786471378650235415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161096828589585762006-10-17T09:53:00.000-05:002006-10-17T09:53:00.000-05:00"The guy was dead as hell." - Vengeance Is Mine, ..."The guy was dead as hell."<BR/> - Vengeance Is Mine, by Mickey SpillaneSean Chercoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161053812355555112006-10-16T21:56:00.000-05:002006-10-16T21:56:00.000-05:00"I get the willies when I see closed doors."-Somet..."I get the willies when I see closed doors."-<I>Something Happened</I>, Joseph Heller<BR/><BR/>You know this won't end well.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161053645660618162006-10-16T21:54:00.000-05:002006-10-16T21:54:00.000-05:00"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks..."It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." -<I>1984 </I> by George Orwell. <BR/><BR/>That line does so much...sets the mood and tells you that you're not in your own reality at the same time.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161044815743165392006-10-16T19:26:00.000-05:002006-10-16T19:26:00.000-05:00"It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday,..."It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."<BR/>Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess.<BR/><BR/>"I had been making the rounds of the Sacrifice Poles the day we heard my brother had escaped."<BR/>The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161031119860967812006-10-16T15:38:00.000-05:002006-10-16T15:38:00.000-05:00The first line of Margaret Atwood's 'The Blind Ass...The first line of Margaret Atwood's 'The Blind Assassin' hooked me and wouldn't let go.<BR/><BR/>"Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161026445773629482006-10-16T14:20:00.000-05:002006-10-16T14:20:00.000-05:00"The man in black fled across the desert, and the ..."The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."<BR/><BR/>Stephen King<BR/>(from memory, and with apologies if I botched it.)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286520897538327919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161023501862995072006-10-16T13:31:00.000-05:002006-10-16T13:31:00.000-05:00I forgot to mention the Ross Thomas Award. It's gi...I forgot to mention the Ross Thomas Award. It's given for the best first line of a mystery. It was awarded last year for the first time, but the organizers of the award (including me) just dont have time to pursue it in 2006. If anyone out in the blogosphere is interested in taking it on, please let me know. It would be a shame, after such a wonderful post from Marcus, to let it peter out.Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1161022898954884182006-10-16T13:21:00.000-05:002006-10-16T13:21:00.000-05:00Well said, Marcus. And you're absolutely right. He...Well said, Marcus. And you're absolutely right. Here are a few more first lines that give me shivers... most from our own crime fiction community... <BR/><BR/>“The man with ten minutes to live was laughing.” <BR/> The Fist of God' by Frederick Forsyth<BR/><BR/><BR/>“The small boys came early to the hanging.”<BR/> Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Some women give birth to Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.com