I teach high school English and use the first line of The Gunslinger when teaching creative writing. It's the only opening line of a book I know because it drew me in so completely.
I love good opening lines too and this is a great one. For some reason Norman Mailer’s opening line, ‘Brenda was six when she fell out of the apple tree’ completely got me.
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u/Unlucky-Opposite-865 Dec 31 '24
I teach high school English and use the first line of The Gunslinger when teaching creative writing. It's the only opening line of a book I know because it drew me in so completely.