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charisstoma ([personal profile] charisstoma) wrote2017-03-24 11:52 am

People are adding.... *giggling*

People Are Adding ‘And Then the Murders Began’ To Famous Book Openings, and It’s HILARIOUS

http://twentytwowords.com/people-are-adding-and-then-the-murders-began-to-famous-book-openings-and-its-hilarious/?utm_source=34915&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=influencer&utm_campaign=best

Marc Laidlaw @marc_laidlaw
The first line of almost any story can be improved by making sure the second line is, "And then the murders began."
11:37 PM - 2 Mar 2017


The Very Hungry Caterpillar

One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. And then the murders began.
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[personal profile] frogs_of_war 2017-03-24 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
My husband read me a bunch of these. They seem to work best where specific characters are mentioned rather than just general (the best of times, It is a truth universally acknowledged, etc)

The first line of Charlotte's web was the best.