Aug
10
2009
OMAR 1
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Round 1: Write the opening sentence of your novella
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Once upon a time,
(’twas the year 1284 to be exact),
the Hamelin hamlet suffered;
its easy days attacked;
the victims were the children,
and hence the elders too,
Pied Piper the offender,
revenge for payment due;
just two returned, one blind, one dumb,
they both had lagged behind;
of the blind boy’s life I now shall tell:
his tale deserves our time.
August 11th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Interesting choice of form. Is the whole thing going to be in verse. Kudos for doing something unusual. I live not too far from Hamelin at the moment, looking forward to your story of the boy left behind.
August 11th, 2009 at 8:00 am
yes this is something that deserves to be followed.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Agreed. Interestingly, making it verse would disqualify it as a novella, but I’ll definitely keep reading.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:26 am
You live in Germany, Herr Dan Powell?
I raise to you a Heffenbrau;
I do intend to write this all
In verse, if that is possible;
I’m glad you like this, B. Djemal,
And as for you, Natalia:
If this is verse then poetry
Is doomed for all eternity!