1st line by Deirdre Sinnott
One night, hopelessly wasted, I tried to navigate the tangle of darkened sidewalks in Stuyvesant Town, a complex of almost 9,000 apartments that hugs Manhattan’s East Side, but instead of getting home, I found myself at the end of my drinking career.
Deirdre Sinnott splits her time between New York City and the Catskill Mountains. This is the first sentence of her memoir Drunk Dreams. More of her writing is available on her website www.DeirdreSinnott.com.
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20 comments:
Compelling first line! I love that detail of the 9000 apartments.
Thank you Sue! I hope the rest of the book is as compelling.
Good start!
Thanks Edward. WTF You look a LOT like Jay!
Love it. Can't wait to read the rest!
I'm considering publishing the whole thing, one sentence at a time.
Deirdre,
Good work--very intriguing first line!
Jennifer,
It was the product of mnay rewrites.
That should be MANY not mnay. Arrrg.
This is off to an intriguing start. Keep writing, it has great potential.
Deirdre,
Love the first line. I continue to be so impressed by your writing and the way you make such vulnerable writing seem so effortless.
Deirdre--I can't wait to read the memoir--that line just reels me right in. We're excited for any and all excerpts over at Drinking Diaries
Great little snippet. It says so much in so few words.
Kate, Leah, and Robert (and you too anonymous) Thanks so much for reading my 42 words. If it look effortless, I'm happy. Of course it was the product of multiple rewrites, but that's how I'm told it's done.
In not too many years, this first sentence from Drunk Dreams will be considered a major opening to a major memoir.
Thank you Leonard!
I want to know more!
Yes Vic. Me too. About everything.
Wow! The first line is the most important line, IMO, and this is definitely compelling, especially about ending your "drinking career." The reader can't help but want to know more.
Zetta, I'm hoping that the first line can sell books. First I need to sell the damn thing to an agent, then a publisher, and then the rest of us.