![]() He piques our interest by putting us right there in the middle of the last few moments of Holston’s life. ![]() In this first sentence of Wool, Howey creates tension by juxtaposing the impending death of Holston and the joy of the little children. The children were playing while Holston climbed to his death he could hear them squealing as only happy children do. When you’re writing about a world that’s foreign to the reader, you also have to begin immersing them in that world without alienating them. You have to start the story and literally set the tone. You have to create tension and pique the reader’s interest. ![]() There’s a lot of pressure on a first sentence. Few have done this better than Hugh Howey in Wool, the first book in the Silo series. ![]() One of the things I admire most about dystopian and fantasy novels is the author’s ability to create a whole other world. ![]()
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