Oct 12, 2019
From After the Flood. by Kassandra Montag Text: "Children think we make them, but we don’t. They exist somewhere else, before us, before time. They come into the world and make us. They make us by breaking us first."* * Why it works: Introduces the overall theme of the novel and the main character's motivation. The simple, recursive construction of the last two sentences, where the phrase "make us" picks up the "make them" of the first sentence. Then there is the "break us" which shatters the model, ending the first paragraph with an emotional punch. * * #creativity #creativewriting #novelopenings #writingcraft #refillingthewell https://www.instagram.com/p/B3f1Z3hg2q_/?igshid=mj1s1lksa3wt