Worst way to start a novel?

[serria]

I saw this writing prompt just a moment ago, and it kind of made me laugh. What "opener" pet peeves do you have? I'm kind of sick of symbolic dreams tossed right at the beginning, or characters just waking up. It feels too overdone to have much of an effect on me anymore.

Comments

[sarillia]

I laughed when Divergent had the narrator looking in a mirror and describing herself at the beginning. It made sense as a significant event in the context of the world she lives in but I couldn't help being amused anyway.

[inkdust]

Significant to the context or not, oh goodness no.

[dhampyresa]

People still do that? Wow.

[splinteredstar]

Yeah, I enjoyed Divergent but yeah. That bit.

[graychalk]

Heh, I felt the same way, but once I realized the significance of the mirror-looking thing, I was much less critical about it. I do remember thinking, "How convenient!" though, haha.