#FirstLineFriday: Scratch Track by Eli Lang

#FirstLineFriday is a new feature for my blog. It’s a series I’ve been thinking about for some time and I hope to use it to highlight a book every month or so that has an amazing first line.

We all know how important first impressions are, and as a writer, I spend a lot of time sweating over that first line. Not only do I want to hook my reader, but I want my first line to say something about the character, or the story. It needs to be relevant. It also needs to set the tone for things to com...