What do you put as your first sentence? Do you try a witty sideways slant at what you are going to talk about? Or do you start in a straightforward factual way? Lots of books and advice sites talk about how to set up a blog and a web site. But they don’t mention that first sentence. Or even word.
Snoopy used to start his unpublished novels:
“It was a dark and stormy night”
And it was a dark, though not particularly stormy, night when I was selected to be the Conservative candidate for Bamburgh Division in the Northumberland Unitary Authority elections. After the obligatory celebration with the local branch I had another with my neighbours. “You will have to start a blog” they said. “Er…why?” “To let people know who you are and what you are thinking”.
On reflection, they are probably right. And there’s always the chance of a book deal.
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