Opening with Dialog

[lovecraft68]

Orion Pictures Release 1987. Is there any other ?

Not really. I heard the remake was horrible.

The Marvel comic from the first series sucked though.

 

[lovecraft68]

Awww.....pilot went offline.

Guess those last few posts hit a little too close to home.

Fraud.

 

[PayDay]

Awww.....pilot went offline.

Guess those last few posts hit a little too close to home.

Fraud.

**Tag Team Win**

 

[lovecraft68]

**Tag Team Win**

Yup.

You go watch Robo cop and I'll drool over Taylor from The Pretty Reckless.....catch you later.

 

[PayDay]

Yup.

You go watch Robo cop and I'll drool over Taylor from The Pretty Reckless.....catch you later.

Just watched the first "I'd buy that for a dollar."

 

[JKendallDane]

I must admit....you appear to have me beaten.

I should have known better

After all I am but an amateur and here you are a Pro-logue

I think you should take a long walk in the woods and continue pondering that fact...and perhaps even come up with a travelog about what you've seen and learned afterwards.

http://www.topendsports.com/sport/gridiron/images/football-goal-posts.gif

 

[laptopwriter]

I agree wholeheartedly with sr,

Certainly everyone has a right to his opinion but that's all it is. To judge an entire story simply because the first line is in dialogue is astronomically ridiculous.

The reason the author gives for his opinion is also ridiculous; "It has no context for the reader." Neither does the way he started his story out; "Tobias had been waiting at the bar for nearly two hours."

The first line is meant to attract the reader's attention; to make him/her want to read on. How are you going to put ANY first line into context? You can't, no context has been established yet. If a line of dialogue grabs the readers attention then it has accomplished it's goal.

As I said, the author of this thread certainly has the right to his opinion, but that's all it is...an opinion. By definition there is no right or wrong opinion so please don't tell another writer that he's wrong and your opinion is right.

On the other thread, the OP flatly gave "do not open with dialogue" as an instruction (not a suggestion or an opinion--he stated it as instruction). That was nonsense, and I said it was (and so was his advice not to start with confusion). So, sue me for countering bad advice here and being protective of a writer's privilege not to write in these narrow little boxes that inexperienced "gurus" tell them to. (I also posted I wished folks here would stop trying to force other writers into nonsensical boxes like this--and I stand by that statement, as well.)

 

[glynndah]

I often open my stories with dialogue, sometimes in the middle of a sentence. It works very well for me.

 

[Sammael Bard]

I often open my stories with dialogue, sometimes in the middle of a sentence. It works very well for me.

With all due respect, this thread has long been abandoned by the OP.

 

[glynndah]

With all due respect, this thread has long been abandoned by the OP.

Very likely so, but I was bored and nothing else appealed to me.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Awww.....pilot went offline.

Guess those last few posts hit a little too close to home.

Fraud.

He's loading more corn aboard.

 

[Sammael Bard]

Very likely so, but I was bored and nothing else appealed to me.

I was about to start writing a story for this Contest. But then, a monster called Literotica Forum grabbed me with its clutches, and I'm fighting a losing battle for the past 1 hour or so...



Oh shit, I just remembered to bump that Stories Thread. Thanks!