Your first Line

sigma83
Your first Line
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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 02 17

Subject says it all. We at the meet up decided to share our first lines.

Mine:
The sun slid into place with all the confidence of a grandmaster's opening move.

Yours!
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i_serae

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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 02 53

I suppose I can't get out of it by saying I forgot again? ;)

Mine:
Suddenly she existed in an explosion of sensation.

Dragoninabottle
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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 05 27

Not exactly eye-catching but here's mine.

'Raven shivered as he crouched in front of a meager fire.'

aqouli

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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 06 14

I was quite summarily one-upped by the OP's opening line, but ah well!

"The dreams in which you fall are the most common."

blueberry_jam

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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 06 31

Ehehe... there are some pretty interesting first lines here. Makes me wanna read your novels! (^^)

"The birds chirped happily at the elf as he passed by, just like every other morning."

eaglewingGlowing Halo

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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 06 51

I changed my novel again. :p

"When death came, so did the angels. "

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Stand for something, lest you fall for anything.

adrenalyn

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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 08 58

Im really embarassed now to post my first line but nevermind, here it is :

"The cursor hovered over the Delete button. "

Boring, I know.

Koroenhe
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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 09 14

“I know what you’re thinking.”

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Scientia est Potentia

cherylline

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Location: Kuching, Malaysia
Posts: 63
Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 09 20

"I could begin this story with a deck of cards."

Not good with first lines; tend to write in sketches and scenes rather than in a beginning-to-end fashion. But I do like a lot of yours :) Catcheh.

Sanctuarius

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Nov 8, 2007 - 17 14

'It should have rained at her funeral."

Zkcryawlyh

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Posted on:
Nov 8, 2007 - 19 06

Here we go:

'The rain fell as dreary sheets upon the pavement.'

BawangMerah

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Posted on:
Nov 9, 2007 - 19 09

Finally managed to write something last night. Mine starts off like this.

"This story just like most other stories starts with a question."

astromancer

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Nov 9, 2007 - 20 49

He was walking to work when it began to snow and he stopped to watch it fall, shading the streets and roofs and slopes of the mountain.

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http://applearmy.com/hero

Nilladriel
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Nov 10, 2007 - 04 58

"It's your own fault," the sorceress says.

sigma83
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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007 - 03 40

Bump for great justice!

Zkcryawlyh

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007 - 04 45

'All your wordcount are belong to us!' cackled CATS.

sigma83
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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007 - 04 58

You're ruining the thread *hiss*

On topic: I've updated my excerpt. Now it starts from the first line, just in case you wanted to maybe read the second line. :P

Zkcryawlyh

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007 - 18 48

What you say! What happen?

raisin56

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Posted on:
Nov 14, 2007 - 23 08

“Hi, would you like to buy a smile?”

(Don't ask me what that's about coz I don't know yet.)

sim600

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Posted on:
Nov 17, 2007 - 19 41

Very nice first lines, all.

Mine is "Oh, congratulations! Your lives will be changed forever."

Naronna

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Posted on:
Nov 18, 2007 - 04 26

"Are you ready?"

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Not what it might turn out to be... hehe...

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Rejection... is the greatest aphrodisiac.
--- Forbidden Love, Madonna

Anushia

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Posts: 7
Posted on:
Nov 21, 2007 - 00 14

"I woke up in a cage."

That's mine. may sound intriguing, but trust me, it only goes downhill from there. Look at my wordcount!

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