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notes for thinking―考えるための備忘録

小説の書き出し|Types of opening sentences, Names and examples

1) an Action|行動

The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking as it seemed from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand.'
- The Invisible Man -H.G. Wells

2) a Caracter|登場人物

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.""
- To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

3) a Setting|舞台設定

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yell sun.'
- The HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE to the GALAXY - Douglas Adams

4) Dialogue|会話

""Where's Papa going with that axe?"" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
- Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

5) a Thought|思考

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.""
- The Outsiders -S.E. Hinton

6) a Statement|意見表明

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.' - The Outsiders -S.E. Hinton
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane

7) World building|世界観の構築

""In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole. filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.'
-- The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

2022.8.11
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