UCF Research Guides: Fiction Craft Essays: First Sentences

First Senteces

Laura Spence-Ash wrote this series of essays on first sentences for Craft:

That Night, Alice McDermott
Laura Spence-Ash examines the first sentence of That Night by Alice McDermott.
Ways to Disappear, Idra Novey
Laura Spence-Ash examines the first sentence of Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey.
“North Of,” Marie-Helene Bertino
Laura Spence-Ash examines the first sentence of “North Of” by Marie-Helene Bertino.