The Saturday Writing Quote — Stanley Fish

“First sentences are promissory notes. Whether they foreshadow plot, sketch in characters, establish mood, or jump-start arguments, the road ahead of them stretches invitingly and all things are, at least for the moment, possible.”

Stanley Fish, in How to Write a Sentence, quoted in The Writer, Sept 2011

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