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UTAH 1

Round 1: Write the opening sentence of your novella

The perils of motherhood had grown far more treacherous with the advent of the Internet.

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#1 Comment By Kuyerjudd On August 7, 2009 @ 9:59 pm

This sounds interesting. But either this has anything to do with Twitter or I’m missing the point. Either way, great opening sentence!

#2 Comment By Constantine Markides On August 7, 2009 @ 11:20 pm

The contestants wrote on Twitter only for the pre-competition portion, which took part in July. The Twitter platform was used as a way for them to introduce themselves to the readers and to get to know each other. The competition writing will all take place on this website. You can’t write a novella on Twitter (or you can, but who wants to read one 140 characters at a time?)

#3 Comment By Kuyerjudd On August 8, 2009 @ 1:03 am

A novella on Twitter is a great idea, but I was actually commenting on UTAH’s sentence. I was assuming the opening line was leading to a story with Twitter as a component of the plot, as it did have the word ‘Internet’. He he. Sorry for that.

#4 Comment By Utah On August 11, 2009 @ 9:38 pm

Since we don’t know what’s in store for Round 2, I’m trying to not to think ahead on the plot yet, Kuyerjudd. So I suppose my answer to your question is: I don’t know!

#5 Comment By JDEvolutionist On August 11, 2009 @ 11:20 pm

My first thought was negative but it grows on you and it may be very topical.

#6 Comment By craig On August 12, 2009 @ 10:04 am

“The advent of the internet” is reminiscent. I’d read more