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HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON / Ethan Mordden
...goes slightly against my thesis presentation criteria – discovery of common denominators in the first ten pages of selected fictional novels I have not read, which have achieved a solid degree of...
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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE / J.D. Salinger
...here it is, the book that everyone else read in high school except me. I guess I grew up protected from phonies.
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GONE WITH THE WIND / Margaret Mitchell
GONE WITH THE WIND sold for the unprecedented cost of $3 in 1936.
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RHETT BUTLER’S PEOPLE / Donald McCaig
I’m not concerned about whether Rhett survives the duel. I’m more curious about how the author is going to fill up the remaining 480 pages.
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HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED / Joe Meno
...very funny punk-nerd list called “Causes of the Revolutionary War were Many,” which gradually deviates into “Bad-ass names for a Metal Band….”
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TWILIGHT / Stephanie Meyer
“The hunter smiled in a friendly way as he sauntered forward to kill me.”
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FIRST10PAGES LECTURE OUTLINE
One does not have to be gifted to write a good story – one must be consistent and true to the world they create. Stories that succeed, smash setting against character until they are so uncomfortable...
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It’s all about TONE!
TONE as most the important element of a story beginning. It that right? Or is it TECHNOLOGY?
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BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY / Jay MacInerney
Big, drugged-out city with bright lights to boot. Get a clue of the first ten pages. Continue reading →
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DOUBLE INDEMNITY / James M. Cain
The provocative image of “The House of Death,” which rings of a newspaper headline, is placed alongside a relatively commonplace explanation of public liability insurance, yet each has weight and...
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PARIS TROUT / Pete Dexter
The book jacket suggests that PARIS TROUT will “probably interfere with your sleep.” It didn’t. It interfered with my entire day. Continue reading →
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BEN, IN THE WORLD / Doris Lessing
Ben’s physical description is more animal than human, yet his voice and accent are “posh.” Continue reading →
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ABOUT A BOY / Nick Hornby
"People quite often thought Marcus was being funny when he wasn’t." Continue reading →
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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE / Thomas Hardy
“One evening of late summer, before the nineteenth century had reached one-third of its span, a young man and woman, the latter carrying a child, were approaching the large village of Weydon-Priors, in...
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THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST
"How did I know you were American? No, not by the color of your skin...nor was it your dress that gave you away. True, your hair, short-croppped, and your expansive chest are typical of a certain type...
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