First Words: An Ever-Present Static Had Moved Into My Head…
You open the cover with eager anticipation. Your fingers impatiently flipping through the pages while your eyes hungrily scan for that tell-tale page — Chapter 1. Yes. There it is! Your fingers relax. They’ve found their home. But your eyes take on a fevered gleam as they find and pounce on those first precious words that will launch you into a new world of untold adventure. Your breath catches and the world fades away as you begin to read …
“An ever-present static had moved into my head like a squatter I couldn’t evict, and I thought getting rid of it would be my best shot at survival. Like all I needed was silence, even if only within myself, to feel at home.
I was wrong.”
~~ Opening paragraphs from THE FOREVER GIRL by Rebecca Hamilton
Are you hooked?
About Linda Anselmi
“An ever present static had moved into my head…”, that really is a great line. And then Linda says what she says and…yes, I am kind of hooked….
I really like first words that capture my imagination!