OK, I have a question for my readers:
When you pick up a book, and open it to the first page, have you ever noticed that little feeling I like to call the Clicking Point? It's that spot where you "fall into" the book--that place where you settle in with a satisfied sigh to enjoy the story.
It comes differently with every book. Sometimes it's in the first line: There once was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. Or, That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me.
Sometimes it takes the first paragraph or so. And sometimes you don't pass the Clicking Point until you've read a chapter or more.
Try this: pick up a book--any book. It can be one you've read before and adored, or a brand new one you've never touched. Start reading it and see if you can spot the Clicking Point.
Tell me your thoughts! (I gotta go to class, or this post would be longer. LOL--toodles!)
~Trav
When you pick up a book, and open it to the first page, have you ever noticed that little feeling I like to call the Clicking Point? It's that spot where you "fall into" the book--that place where you settle in with a satisfied sigh to enjoy the story.
The Clicking Point is the place where you begin to care--about the story, the characters, or the events.
It comes differently with every book. Sometimes it's in the first line: There once was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. Or, That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me.
Sometimes it takes the first paragraph or so. And sometimes you don't pass the Clicking Point until you've read a chapter or more.
Try this: pick up a book--any book. It can be one you've read before and adored, or a brand new one you've never touched. Start reading it and see if you can spot the Clicking Point.
Tell me your thoughts! (I gotta go to class, or this post would be longer. LOL--toodles!)
~Trav
7 comments:
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson-- clicking point at the end of the prologue.
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye-- clicking point at the cover! :D
At the risk of sounding self-absorbed---when did that happen with TDR? For your 09 NaNo, it think it was sometime after the deaths...I don't have the file with me presently, so I can't look it up.
Or, with The Great Divorce, it was when the Ghosts got off the bus
It really depends on the book for me. Some books I pick up and almost immediately get sucked into, some take a chapter or two, and then I've even had a few where I never reached the clicking point.
@ Gala: I think my Clicking Point with TDR was the first time I heard this whole idea of the Roses. That idea intrigued me.
Alright, so to be honest, I did read your post, and I liked it, but that's not why I'm here. Over on AP, you said to contact you on your blog, and here I am. I don't know how to keep in touch very well, because I don't like giving out personal information, but I'll be on here once in a while, and if you like you can come to my blog, which is now on my profile (although I haven't learned how to make it a link!) I hope everything works out at AP.
-Bridget
When writing, I almost always write the first line to be the big eye-catcher, the big question. For example, 'Patrick Almond was about to become a murderer' Or 'I always wanted to be a secret agent, I ended up as a designer who just happens to know a thing or two about murders, espionage and cold coffee on stakeouts.' I always look for the first line in books that I'm reading. Though sometimes they can be dull and the book is still great.
Wonderful post! I'm now a follower. :)
In Christ,
Jessie
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