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Bev Vincent
07-23-2013, 11:51 AM
The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-stephen-king-spends-months-and-even-years-writing-opening-sentences/278043/)

Stebbins
07-23-2013, 07:47 PM
Thankee big-big, Bev. I liked the closing couple paragraphs the best.

Bryant Burnette
07-23-2013, 08:33 PM
Is that online only, or is it in a print edition?

Bev Vincent
07-24-2013, 02:51 AM
The illustration has a page number, so I'm guessing it's in the magazine, too--but just guessing. I don't see it in the TOC for the current issue.

Ben Mears
07-24-2013, 05:40 AM
Thanks Bev. Interesting subject and perspective although I thought SK was a bit defensive in his thoughts about how readers may respond to Dr. Sleep.

CRinVA
07-24-2013, 05:49 AM
I kept hoping for a reference to the opening line in The Gunslinger! And was a bit surprised to learn which opening line he thought was his best!

You've been here before.

:-)