Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 21, 2020

’tis a fine, great start

Now on to line 1, sentence 1, word 1…

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…..”

“We were just outside of the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, on the edge of the suburbs, when the Milk-Bones began to take hold.”

Now let’s see if you can come up with a great middle and end…

Now all you need is word one.

Actually in a way, he’s absolutely right.

Go get them Tiger

“It was a dark and stormy night”.

Reminded me of Monty Python’s “Novel Writing” skit, breathlessly anticipating the first sentence of THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE.

That’s how I do it.

Perhaps Snoopy should take lessons.

I usually start with a picture in mind. “A child walked down a path on a hot sunny day. He paused as a butterfly landed on his bare shoulder to sip a salty bead of sweat.”

Well, not exactly up to “It was a dark and stormy night.”

I always get stuck on the Title.

I’m thinking of Spongebob writing “The” in procrastination.

First line: It was…

To be followed of course by ‘It was a dark and stormy night . . .’

It’s great Snoopy. Great, greatest ever. Love it baby, love it.

All great journeys start with a first step.