16.30: First Page FundamentalsTHE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
b'Your Hosts:\\xa0DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
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\\nIn this episode we explore the first page of\\xa0The Haunting of Hill House,\\xa0by Shirley Jackson, with the goal of learning how to build\\xa0 good first pages for own own work.
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\\nCredits:\\xa0This episode was recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson
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\\nLiner Notes: here is the 1st paragraph of The Haunting of Hill House, for reference.
\\nNo live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against the hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.\\n\\nOur Sponsors:\\n* Check out Factor 75 and use our code wx50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/ \\n\\nSupport this podcast at \\u2014 https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-content\\n\\nAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands'