>poem or story begins by addressing the weather or season

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>novel opens with dialogue

>>8808903
But there is literally nothing wrong with doing that. You have to set the scene, don't you? That's what I thought, faggot.

>>8808925
Nothing wrong with this, either.

>>8808925
>[dialogue from anonymous speaker]
>something along the lines of "[main character] put down his book and looked up at her"

>>8808903
story starts with a pronoun with no antecedent

> The story starts with a flashback from 20 years ago which takes up the first two chapters

"THERE was a depression over the Atlantic. It was travelling eastwards, towards an area of high pressure over Russia, and still showed no tendency to move northwards around it. The
isotherms and isotheres were fulfilling their functions. The atmospheric temperature was in
proper relation to the average annual temperature, the temperature of the coldest as well as of the hottest month, and the a-periodic monthly variation in temperature. The rising and setting of the sun and of the moon, the phases of the moon, Venus and Saturn’s rings, and many other important phenomena, were in accordance with the forecasts in the astronomical yearbooks. The vapour in the air was at its highest tension, and the moisture in the air was at its lowest. In short, to use an expression that describes the facts pretty satisfactorily, even though it is somewhat old-fashioned: it was a fine August day in the year 1913."

>>8808903
Now is the winter of our discontent

>>8808903

patrician intro, to be honest. weather is very important to mood and setting

>>8808991
>the first line is a season metaphor

To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth,

>>8808903
ok i'll bite

it was a bright cold day in april and the clocks were striking thirteen

>>8808984
Is the English translation of this a good one?

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>>8808903
>The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere

>novel starts

>novel starts with "Call me X"

The only proper way to start a book is with "In the beginning..."

>>8809613
Incorrect. I don't mind correction you though.

"CRASH!..."

>book starts with:
>Contents
>THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
>Editor's Preface
>Translator's Introduction
>Acknowledgements
>Foreword
>Dedication
>Epigraph
>Prologue
>PART I CHAPTER 1

mason & dixon tho

>>8808903
what about haiku

>>8810280
Frogs settle down into the earth

>>8808991
discount tent

>>8808903
Why does so much poetry still do this?

So much contemporary poetry is just a big circle jerk of tradition and form.

Rec me some good contemporary poets

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>>8808903
>season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

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>novel isnt just the letter "h" interspersed randomly throughout the book

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>novel starts with the main character's given name, immediately followed by their surname

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>every single character that is introduced needs to be described by matching their dress and appearance with quirks of their personality

>>8810902
Seidel

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>>8808903
> Narrative begins in medias res

>>8808984
Love this opening, don't think I'll ever read the book though.

>>8808925
That picture is fucking haunting. What is it from?

>>8808903
>scene describes murder/theft in detail
>spend whole book following detective to figure out what reader was told page on 1

>>8808925
This is the beginning of novel desu

>"Never open a novel with dialogue !", he cried [...]

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>>8812281
Not much of a story to it. In 2001 an amateur photographer picked up a hitchiking crack whore, took photos of her and dropped her off back at her corner.

>>8809289
>the leaves were medium and rare

>>8812704
Oh my god I didn't know alternate views existed

This went from funny to sad real quick for some reason

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>>8812716
The guy also says she gave him her "autograph".

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>>8812727
We can go sadder

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>>8812727

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>>8812739
And finally here she is back working

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>>8808903
>he saved the thumbnail instead of the full image

>>8812745
Actually I cropped it out of a different image because I couldn't find the original