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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| sigma83 | Your first Line |
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Nov 8, 2007 - 02 17 |
Subject says it all. We at the meet up decided to share our first lines. Mine: Yours! |
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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.
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Nov 8, 2007 - 05 27
Not exactly eye-catching but here's mine.
'Raven shivered as he crouched in front of a meager fire.'
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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."
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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."
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Nov 8, 2007 - 06 51
I changed my novel again. :p
"When death came, so did the angels. "
----------Stand for something, lest you fall for anything.
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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.
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Nov 8, 2007 - 09 14
“I know what you’re thinking.”
----------Scientia est Potentia
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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.
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Nov 8, 2007 - 17 14
'It should have rained at her funeral."
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Nov 8, 2007 - 19 06
Here we go:
'The rain fell as dreary sheets upon the pavement.'
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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."
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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.
----------http://applearmy.com/hero
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Nov 10, 2007 - 04 58
"It's your own fault," the sorceress says.
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Nov 13, 2007 - 03 40
Bump for great justice!
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Nov 13, 2007 - 04 45
'All your wordcount are belong to us!' cackled CATS.
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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
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Nov 13, 2007 - 18 48
What you say! What happen?
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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.)
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Nov 17, 2007 - 19 41
Very nice first lines, all.
Mine is "Oh, congratulations! Your lives will be changed forever."
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Nov 18, 2007 - 04 26
"Are you ready?"
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Not what it might turn out to be... hehe...
----------Rejection... is the greatest aphrodisiac.
--- Forbidden Love, Madonna
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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!