ещё о первых предложениях + ссылки
Jul. 20th, 2002 05:05 amС помощью
a48 отыскался давний тред о том, "какой бы первой фразой вы начали бы роман?".
Там же увидел ссылку на давно любимый гениальный рассказ Дэвида Мозера
"This Is The Title Of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times In The Story Itself"
Давно его не перечитывал, заодно перечитал.
А вообще, первая фраза романа может быть почти любой. Её важность преувеличивают, по-моему.
Самая броская, остроумная или афористичная фраза не спасёт плохой роман. И наоборот.
Там же увидел ссылку на давно любимый гениальный рассказ Дэвида Мозера
"This Is The Title Of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times In The Story Itself"
Давно его не перечитывал, заодно перечитал.
А вообще, первая фраза романа может быть почти любой. Её важность преувеличивают, по-моему.
Самая броская, остроумная или афористичная фраза не спасёт плохой роман. И наоборот.
Марк Твен писал приблизительно так:
Date: 2002-07-19 09:09 pm (UTC)А У Довлатова в новелле "Хочу быть сильным" обыгрываются три классических начала в духе соцреализма:
"К утру подморозило..."
"К утру распогодилось..."
и
"К утру Ермил Федотович скончался..."
Вот вспомнил, что М.Веллер, насчет начала(правда расска
И вообще вся вещь мне понравилась.
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Date: 2002-07-20 12:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-07-20 01:31 am (UTC)Последняя же фраза - для Читателя, прошедшего весь путь, увлекшегося, преданого. Она должна быть разделителем жизни - до и после книги. Она должна быть такой, чтобы Читатель, отложив книгу, еще долгое время жил в ее плену.
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Date: 2002-07-20 07:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-07-21 06:57 am (UTC)Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels. The contest (hereafter referred to as the BLFC) was the brainchild (or Rosemary's baby) of Professor Scott Rice, whose graduate school excavations unearthed the source of the line "It was a dark and stormy night." Sentenced to write a seminar paper on a minor Victorian novelist, he chose the man with the funny hyphenated name, Edward George Bulwer- Lytton, who was best known for perpetrating The Last Days of Pompeii, Eugene Aram, Rienzi, The Caxtons, The Coming Race, and--not least--Paul Clifford, whose famous opener has been plagiarized repeatedly by the cartoon beagle Snoopy.
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Ironically the same author came up with the phrase: "The pen is mightier than a sword." :) The competition has its website and international participants are welcome to apply online (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/).
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Date: 2002-07-21 07:02 am (UTC)Re:
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Date: 2006-03-12 07:59 am (UTC)Da Vinci's Notebook - Title Of The Song
From the album "The Life And Times Of Mike Fanning"
Declaration of my feelings for you
Elaboration on those feelings
Description of how long these feelings have existed
Belief that no one else could feel the same as I
Reminiscence of the pleasant times we shared
And our relationship's perfection
Recounting of the steps that led to our love's dissolution
Mostly involving my unfaithfulness and lies
Penitent admission of wrongdoing
Discovery of the depth of my affection
Regret over the lateness of my epiphany
(Chorus)
Title of the song
Naïve expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
And rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the title of the song
Enumeration of my various transgressive actions
Of insufficient motivation
Realization that these actions led to your departure
And my resultant lack of sleep and appetite
Renunciation of my past insensitive behavior
Promise of my reformation
Reassurance that you still are foremost in my thoughts now
Need for instructions how to gain your trust again
Request for reconciliation
Listing of the numerous tasks that I'd perform
Of physical and emotional compensation
CHORUS
Acknowledgment that I acted foolishly
Increasingly desperate pleas for your return
Sorrow for my infidelity
Vain hope that my sins are forgivable
Appeal for one more opportunity
Drop to my knees to elicit crowd response
Prayers to my chosen deity
Modulation and I hold a high note...
CHORUS
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