Some sentences do more than begin a story. They shatter something. They rearrange the air in the room, and nothing about how you read - or think - is ever quite the same again. Literature is full of ...

In the same vien as the Bulwer-Lytton contests, and inspred by one of FreeRadical*'s posts in the Random Thread. Give us the opening sentence for your Great Novel. The classic example: "It was a dark ...

A great introduction is fine art, crafted with great care and purpose. A first impression matters. If the reader never reads past the first paragraph, he will never read your brilliant narrative or ...