Ready, steady...
Sep. 8th, 2010 01:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
noarev ...what was it again? Ah, yes.
GO!
Now, that may not make for a terribly motivating or intriguing first entry, but it's a start. And that's what's important in every story. We've got middles, we've got endings and we're all terribly fascinated by all of them. After all, that's why we start reading a story, to get to all the good parts. Still, that'd never happen if the starting point wouldn't charm us.
Whether it's Gandalf lighting up fireworks for Bilbo's final birthday in the Shire, or the captain of the Ketty Jay grumblingly refusing to part with the ignition codes for his airship, everything starts off with its own special umph, that lil' thing that turns an idea into a Lil' Engine that Could. And thus, we start reading on and on. And we don't regret it.
We fly across pages, jumping from one word to another, skipping across letters.
We think that the story can charms us.
We give it our permission to enchant us with its characters and adventures.
Lovers kiss. Warriors fight. Detectives smugly do what detectives have done best since the start of their career's glorious adventures. From pages to pictures, characters reach out to show us what it means to be in their world, in their place. And that's why the beginning is important. Why it matters.
That's why 'GO!' works as a beginning.
'GO' works because it hints at things to come. And most importantly, he wrote while grinning guiltily, it pulls at the sleeve until you've got no other choice but to follow. So hopefully, that's what will happen. The blog will go, the words will tell stories and everybody will enjoy a piece of the show.
Now, down the rabbit hole we go. :D
GO!
Now, that may not make for a terribly motivating or intriguing first entry, but it's a start. And that's what's important in every story. We've got middles, we've got endings and we're all terribly fascinated by all of them. After all, that's why we start reading a story, to get to all the good parts. Still, that'd never happen if the starting point wouldn't charm us.
Whether it's Gandalf lighting up fireworks for Bilbo's final birthday in the Shire, or the captain of the Ketty Jay grumblingly refusing to part with the ignition codes for his airship, everything starts off with its own special umph, that lil' thing that turns an idea into a Lil' Engine that Could. And thus, we start reading on and on. And we don't regret it.
We fly across pages, jumping from one word to another, skipping across letters.
We think that the story can charms us.
We give it our permission to enchant us with its characters and adventures.
Lovers kiss. Warriors fight. Detectives smugly do what detectives have done best since the start of their career's glorious adventures. From pages to pictures, characters reach out to show us what it means to be in their world, in their place. And that's why the beginning is important. Why it matters.
That's why 'GO!' works as a beginning.
'GO' works because it hints at things to come. And most importantly, he wrote while grinning guiltily, it pulls at the sleeve until you've got no other choice but to follow. So hopefully, that's what will happen. The blog will go, the words will tell stories and everybody will enjoy a piece of the show.
Now, down the rabbit hole we go. :D
