For Shirley Jackson's birthday, here are two lovely breakdowns of her openings to "Hill House" and "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" that I like to show my creative writing students.
First up is @bcdreyer.social's annotation of "Hill House": https://medium.com/@penguinrandomus/shirley-jacksons-sublime-first-paragraph-in-hill-house-annotated-14834632fc61
First up is @bcdreyer.social's annotation of "Hill House": https://medium.com/@penguinrandomus/shirley-jacksons-sublime-first-paragraph-in-hill-house-annotated-14834632fc61
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