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 Is it true, as Momus
suggests, that there are "few tales which would not be improved by the
addition of the phrase 'suddenly, a shot rang out'"? Decide for
yourself as we alter the opening lines of . . . THE DEAD SECRET by Wilkie Collins "Will she last out the night, I wonder?" Suddenly a shot rang out.
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“You’re in the same boat with a lot of your friends, waiting for the day your ship will come in.” —Dolly Parton
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WANING CRESCENT (PRESENT PERFECT)"It looked almost like a semicolon, almost like an exclamation point, yet not altogether like either. It glowed eerily in the dim light." —Joe Devine, Commas are Our Friends (1989)
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Is it true, as Momus
suggests, that there are "few tales which would not be improved by the
addition of the phrase 'suddenly, a shot rang out'"? Decide for
yourself as we alter the opening lines of . . . HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide. Suddenly, a shot rang out.
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The sun peeks through the canopy to create shadows in the Ghost Garden at Portmeirion, Wales.
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Is it true, as Momus
suggests, that there are "few tales which would not be improved by the
addition of the phrase 'suddenly, a shot rang out'"? Decide for
yourself as we alter the opening lines of . . . NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine. Suddenly, a shot rang out.
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“Looking for your boat on the sea; my eyes: spotlights trawling the emptiness.” —Michael O’Dea
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