Last Lines http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524 KellyinCA Okay folks... it's just about that time where we'll be rollin' up to the finish line and celebrating 30 days of insanity and literary abandon. So share, what is your last line? Even better add your first line THEN your last line. I'll be back with mine in the morning, I'm determined to get the last 3000 words in tonight so I can sleep, prepare for my 8am client and then resume a schedule with some modicum of normalcy. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:07:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_893660 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_893660 Kaleidoscope27 For the novel I started in NaNo 2010 and finished this year: First Line: "The last slice of sun crept below the horizon, unseen beyond the buildings still standing in the area." Last Line: "Then he followed his friends just as the sun began to graze the horizon and cast its wintry light over their new home." For the novella I wrote this year: First Line: "Alice cracked her eyes open and hissed as the bright light struck her retinas and quickly clamped them shut again." Last Line: "Overhead, it began to snow." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:26:08 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898810 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_898810 MissMaro First line: That night I was working at the bar, The Masthead, so named I don’t know why. Last line: "Darn tootin’" he said, and he slipped the ring onto her left ring finger. But the main thing is: it's done. Woot! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:13:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899536 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899536 minstrelwarlock First: "For as long as I can remember, my older brother has been better than me at everything." Last: "And then she kissed me." And for fun, absolute middle line (in other words, containing the exact middle word of the novel): "In fact, it seemed that there was nothing about a dragon that everyone could agree on, including how many there supposedly were." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:42:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899758 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_899758 Honesta First line: "A girl of sixteen sat in a room full of other girls her age." Last line: "Vand looked from his hands to Vuur and Vuur felt his stomach drop. Fire and Ice..." And, like minstrel did above me, here is a line from the middle: "'Oh, yes! Of course! My name! I'm Erde.'" Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:04:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_903247 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_903247 KellyinCA So much fun to read these! First line: "The first shards of light penetrated the western horizon as the jet plane descended across the desert of Southern California and into the left coast city of San Diego, now dipping below the layer of fog that obscured the city from the sky." Mid-point: "“In this quadrant dumpsters are picked up bi-weekly, coroner estimates she was killed the day after pickup and her body was covered by trash for days until the smell became overwhelming and the police were called out.” Last Line: "The structure was molding from the inside out and everything from the foundation up was crumbling. " The sequel: First line: "It was a cool November day, two days before Thanksgiving and I was on my way home." Last line: "It was odd, I thought, that just one week ago I was ‘home’ with my parents and lost in a bustling house full of people but this, this quiet meal with the guys I adored as so much more homey to me." Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:44:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_905713 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_905713 PoetryNMotion First line: Horses break hearts. Last line: And we will fly together, he and I, and I will let go. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:06:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_907999 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_907999 SkylineProphet First line: He should have been dead. Last line(s): Over his chest, Dimitri’s coin hung, glimmering in the light. He tucked it into his shirt and walked to the hallway, leaving the scene behind him forever. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:57:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_909534 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_909534 scrip beginning- 'The bar was dark, its inhabitants, uncouth and loud.' middle-ish- 'Carnelian's hands slowed in their task as her misgivings solidified, an unwelcome sense of dread settling like a lead weight at the bottom of her stomach.' end- 'Undeterred by the storm brewing above, the pyre burned merrily against the approaching dark.' Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:25:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_910835 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_910835 Taiko Khan First line: zeRo brooded. Last line: Game Over. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:11:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_915664 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_915664 whitedove From the fanfic, the Nanonovel I actually hit 50k with: First: Ludwig sat on a hard chair, staring at the floor. Last: But she had gone there and risked it all for him, so he could hold this book now and read it, and know at least some of Alfred's thoughts, even if they were just thoughts from long ago. Yeah run on sentences. Middle: Still, for all his attention, they were on him in a heart beat, almost before he knew they were coming. Invisible gold star if you know what anime it's a fanfiction for. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:17:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1068049 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-20s/threads/45524?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1068049