I agree with dialyn that you only have those first few opening words to grab the attention of your intended audience. What I would like to ask though is that once you are established as a writer do your openers need to be as important? (Take cases such as Stephen King who doesn't have particularly attention grabbing openers anymore or Dean Koontz either and they sell squillions)These guys don't need catchy openers to grab their audiences. I'd be interested to see what other people think.