First and Last Lines! Post them here!

Ehhhhh my stand in ones are as follows : Chickens!?
The end is : well DAMN.

Nooo idea if theyre gonna stay that way XD

I haven't really started thinking about the exact wording, but my first and last lines will be something like:

First Line Every time I close my eyes, I feel them open somewhere else.

Last Line And when you usher the sun below the horizon, and call the moon out to dance with the stars, when you put the world to sleep and watch it as it dreams, that pain still remains. When all is said and done, at the end of the day you are still immortal and thus, so is it. But I'm okay with that, because in order to hurt I had to first have loved... and what a love it was.

(These are both subject to change... a LOT)

"Dani knelt on the edge of her bed, arms outstretched, and flew"

I don't have a last line yet, just a concept, but that first line has been flying around the inside of my head for a few years and it's about time i got it out.

Forget diamonds, coffee is a girl's best friend!

Any penalties if they change? Eh heh. . .. Well, lets give a general idea at least!

First Line: Well, why not?

Last Line: You know. . . I still miss my old home. But I think I just might be able to make a new one, here, among the stars of the Milky Way.

"Also, I have just remembered that I must see to my knitting. If it escapes, I'll have a devil of a time finding it again." -Some random un-named character in the Girl Genius webcomic

I personally have no idea on how to start my story exactly, nor do I know an ending point. With my third year in a row participating, and most likely third year winning. I imagine that things will start off rather unusual.

First line: (This is just a guess, but I imagine I'll start off with something like this.)
"My only solace from teaching those little s***s (I'm not sure if swearing is allowed or not, so I took the liberty of censoring it out myself) is coming home to a dog with broken rear legs, and a girlfriend who hates being with me as much as I do with her. One might think that I might have friends at the school, coworkers and such you know. They're almost like the puerile idiots I find at the supermarket. So I think after tonight, I'll go home to my gimpy dog and the sad woman to reflect."

But I guess that's if I start off my story at the bar/pub/other drinking place of choice. However, I've yet to actually decide on a starting point.

Bide your time, and hold out hope.

First line: The sun blinds me and I feel the freezing air of an unbearably bright morning on my skin as I open the door.

Last line: Watch out world, something wicked this way comes.

It's my first NaNoWriMo and my first attempt at writing a novel. I like the idea that my first novel ends with a quote from MacBeth. It's also the title of an Iced Earth album, which kinda fits the theme of my book.

But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. -Ishmael- in "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville

Well, i can't post a ending lines segment since i haven't thought about how my story will end, but here's how the first few lines will go:

Drip.
She looks to the left. Dark corners, no movements. Then to the right. A sliver of moonlight, something is pooling on the ground.
Drip.
The liquid reflects in the silver light. It is a solid color, something dark. Vision adjusts to the darkness, pupils dilating trying to see more. A faint lump is motionless on the ground. A step closer to inspect. A puff of breath in the frigid air, a shiver from adrenaline.

Annnd yeah, that's that!

雪が降る
静かな森に
叫び声。。。
　～～～
リズより！＾３＾/～

Yay! This should be fun! Note that these are only rough ideas for now.

First Line: Loretta had thought quite a bit on how she was going to die. It was a natural thing to her, being that she had been kidnapped approximately 22 times (wait, no. It would be 23 now) in her life. She had always placed her money on vampires doing her in. Her opinion had not changed.

Last Line: As James got up on the small stage, she couldn't help but smile. He gave her a wink before launching off into a round of 'The Whistling Gypsy Rover', the first song she had ever heard him sing. She wouldn't mind it if the song went on like this for a good while more.

Liek I said, really rough. I need to really edit the last one. Still playing with it. :S

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original.

Subject to change, but I feel pretty good about them.

First:
The air, drowsy with shimmering particles of ancient rust, heaved and rolled like a translucent sea laid heavily across the jagged landscape.

Last:
She gave her robot companion's hand a squeeze; one she knew he could not feel. Her eyes, now devoid of terror, gazed up into the ever-growing square of light above, and were filled with the glimmer of childish wonder. "We'll be all right."

First:
I stared down into a pool of my own blood.

Last:
Fredrick cleared his throat.

"I may not know where I am going, but at least, I am going."

First: Three dark figures were hidden in the shadows, watching the house.
(not very exciting, I know)

Last: Knowing the consequences and with one last look at Kip's pleading face, she nodded at the Daeva, who gently placed his palms on both sides of her head.

I'm seriously soooo intrigued right now!

Thank you!! Here's hoping I can get to that ending, hahaha!

I loved yours too.... awesome writing (so poetic... why can't I do that??) and it sounds like a beautiful love story!

Good luck!

Well, the first line is:

"Somehow, we ended up in the lake."

Not too sure about the last line yet. There might be a Yoko Ono reference in their somewhere - or that could just be in the last paragraph...

2008 - Thirteen Months (romance/drama) 50,085 words

Wow. Beautiful. I'd love to read this come December! It sounds like its going to be, as Bovver said, a beautiful love story. Drop me a line if you feel like sharing. :)

Keep those lines coming, everyone! They're all so great, and I'm enjoying reading them. :) So many of them have already piqued my interest.

NaNo 2004- WON! 56k | NaNo 2005- WON! 54k | NaNo 2006- WON! 93k | NaNo 2007- WON! 51k | NaNo 2008- WON! 50k

Planning to win for the 6th yr running!

I'm really interested in a lot of these stories already. As always, these are subject to change. And I know the 'last line' is like, a paragraph, but I couldn't stop myself... I'm just itching to write!

First: "I have to go, Lynn."

Last: And as the sun set, the small group turned towards the nine-year-old. He was so mature, so strong. Perhaps they could no longer refer to him as being so young. He had, after all, spent a life in the realm of fire, outside of their own reality. But Auberlynn could only look to her brother and see the child-like boy with wide, vacant eyes. Not the strapping young man who had won Mairwen's heart. He raised his arm, summoning the spirit of the flame to abide his wish, casting a spark into the pile of leaves. Jace would take care of them. It was time to repay the favor.

"While Man worked all those years to discover the secrets of life, he never managed to escape his overpowering fascination with death" - Allanon, Druid
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My first and last line is: "It all started with The Game."

2008: Writer's Block - 15,326 Words
2009: The Verge: Keygates - 0/50,000 Words

First line: As an artist, the best way to deal with dropping cocaine into oil paint is to mix it all together to create something that speaks to the acid churning in your stomach over exactly how much money was now smeared across the canvas rather than wreaking sweet havoc on your neurons like it ought to.

I don't have a last line at all yet! And the first one is tentative. I've tweaked it about 6 times just typing it here. The reason I don't have a last line is because I'm not sure if I want the novel to end happily, badly, or just neutral. I'll have to feel it out as I go.

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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit at a typewriter and bleed," -Ernest Hemingway

I don't know what mine will be. My first line will probably be something like "Hmm, I'm hungry." Don't know about my last line.

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I'm really liking all these ideas so far! I just hope I can come up w/ a last line for me...

雪が降る
静かな森に
叫び声。。。
　～～～
リズより！＾３＾/～

Oh wow! I'm getting goose bumps reading these!

First line: I had to admit, he wasn’t at all what I pictured a bounty hunter should look like, at least not one I wanted to hire.

I don't have a last line yet.

First line: Dr. Douglas McIntyre stood in the queue, waiting to board the ship. (Without the first paragraph, it doesn't say much.)

Last line: He smiled at Abby, kissing her lightly, and laughed, "We finally made it!"

First line will probably be, "Everyone says Babbu spoiled me; I think he raised me just right."

I don't have a last line yet, but a first line for the second part of the story: "I heard it from Merá - or rather, I didn't, as she only yelled my name and waved for me to follow as she raced across the harbour and jumped over the wooden gate that led to the baths."

Ack. Now I want to write!

Those who want to make dreams come true must dream deeper and be wider awake than others.
-Karl Foerster

First line: “I slept with Bill Clinton.”

Last line (something like): She looked pretty good for a dead woman.

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NaNo Newbie: Thought I was going to rebel, but as it turns out... I've got a fresh idea...

DENIABILITY: The mother of all conspiracies...

First Lines: Complete, utter darkness. All I can see is myself—my fingers, my outstretched hand reaching into the Nothing, grasping at the thinnest, coolest air. It’s not even air, it’s just empty space, completely void of atmosphere. The Nothing is vast and endless and yet somehow oppressive. Like its very absence is smothering. How the absence of something can smother one is beyond me, but here it is, and how it does.

Thrilling, huh? xD I have no idea what the last line is going to be. I'm not even sure if this will stay the first line, I just had to get something on paper to start me, you know? We'll see what happens.

"I don't much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"--so long as I get SOMEWHERE," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."

First: Far above the peak of Mount Olympus, higher than the highest ceiling of clouds, almost halfway to the sun itself, lies the heavenly seat of the gods.

Last: And there the Porphyry Column stands, a symbol of virtue for all time.

2008 - Seven One Night Stands with Warren Moon - erotic/satire - ultimately a fail, but it had a helluva run while it lasted!

2009 - The Porphyry Column - mainstream/fantasy - ??

My first line is a stand alone quote that appears later on in the novel.

"A thousand years it happened with a flash and set the wheel in motion."

Not too sure how the end will go, but I'm thinking of something along these lines:

Altair was staring up at the window with something like a confused frown on his face, and an odd look in his eyes. Missy called for him again, and with a shake of his head, Altair turned to her.
Having recognized the far-away look in his eyes, Missy asked "Should I be worried?"
Altair looked at her and shook his head. "I don't think so..." He turned back to the window, squinting into the bright June sunlight. "Maybe."

I only have a first line right now. Subject to change of course!

"Abby waved a final goodbye to her parents as they walked down the hall, stepping around suitcases and boxes that littered the aged oak floor, until finally disappearing around the corner."

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First line: I disappeared from the world as I knew it on November 8, 1991.

I don't have a last line yet, but I've been tinkering with one. Most likely, though, it'll change. But this is one I've been thinking about:

Last line: He removed his shoes and placed them neatly, delicately by the door before heading further into his home.

It doesn't make much sense to y'all, but it's a character development thing. But again, I'm not sure if I'm gonna go with that or not... I'm still trying to figure out how this book will end.

My first line is in my excerpt but this is what it is:

Women are destined to be forgotten.

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