The First Sentence Matching Game
In every book I write, no sentence gets as much attention from me as the opening line. If I spent as much time on every sentence I wrote, I’d be finishing my first book…oh, about six months from now. Why is that opening so important? Well, I want to hook the reader into buying the book. But I also want to be true to my characters and the setting, and hopefully hint about the conflict about to unfold.
The best book covers have the same objectives as the first sentence, only using a title and a picture as tools to attract the reader’s attention while giving them an idea of the characters, setting and type of story.
So, theoretically, a good opening line should match the cover of the book, right?
To test this theory I came up with a matching game for my 6 book Carrigans of the Circle C series. Can you match the following opening lines to the correct book cover? (Note: I’ve substituted my name—Carla—whenever the heroine is named in the first line.)
Contact me with your answers and I’ll let you know if you’re right and mail you your own Carrigans of the Circle C Bookmark!
(Originally published in Totebags & Blogs, Nov 4, 2015)
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