On Beginnings and Endings

This morning I’m thinking about beginnings and endings. I am fascinated and envious about brilliant, compelling beginning paragraphs. The start to a story is a welcome mat, an open door revealing an entire world for the reader to explore. Drawing them into that world is the job of the beginning paragraphs.

Thinking about beginnings led me to look at the first lines of the last three books I read.

“The library at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages was silent except for the whisper of books ...