Place your opening lines here for the competition. Deadline, Friday morning. Winners must be at TGIO to collect prizes though!
DEADLINE OVER! You can put more entries for fun but they won't be counted now.
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| sarahcoldheart | Opening lines competition! |
 50,051 / 50,000 Municipal Liaison Joined: Oct 7, 2004
Location: Singapore Posts:
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Nov 25, 2007 - 18 04 |
Place your opening lines here for the competition. Deadline, Friday morning. Winners must be at TGIO to collect prizes though! DEADLINE OVER! You can put more entries for fun but they won't be counted now. |
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 21 14
Just posting this even though I can't win as a judge and all that, but so that someone is first and not shy -- not that many of you are.
"It was Hallowe'en."
51,001 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 00 05
Here's mine:
"Sally Finnigan was happy."
50,751 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 00 52
Mine was
"One by one, before my eyes, they fell before me."
50,049 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 01 36
"It was a cold, dreary night, and the seemingly eternal fall of rain turned the view outside the stained glass gray and blurred."
50,613 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 02 13
"The sun rose, casting its bright orange glow upon the mirrored rooftops of Eden."
Old and cliche, I know. =/
50,270 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 02 37
This is a competition where thinking isn't required, thank goodness =3
The gleam of a steel knife in the darkness confirmed her suspicions.
That's it.
50,921 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 03 55
Okay, here it is:
"Say, if you're an ordinary person living in a world full--and i mean it, FULL--of extraordinary people...won't that make you...extraordinary?", slurred the stranger as he eyed me solemnly and the bottle of whiskey in front of me hungrily.
60,660 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 05 18
Here's mine:
Carrie stared at the email on her screen.
60,136 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 06 26
My own:
"The barrel of a gun, Jim Terns reflected, was actually very… round."
50,049 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 07 18
Mine read:
With blood dripping at the edge of her wicked looking blade, Miranda stared coldly at the dead body lying in front of her.
52,265 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 15 18
My contribution:
"Today was not going to be a good day."
53,677 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 16 55
Mine
She stared down at the chaotic waves trying to smash themselves against jagged rocks, sudsy and foamy, roiling and struggling against an invisible yet enormous force pushing down from above the ocean.
52,185 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 19 08
What the heck. This is mine:
Agent 1361 at your service. As I write this, I await execution, because penning down or creating any evidence that the organization exists is tantamount to crime
50,038 / 50,000
Nov 27, 2007 - 06 09
Here's mine: Yesterday dear Joel nearly died, twice.
Now to get on and finish the damn thing.
56,285 / 50,000
Nov 27, 2007 - 11 52
There is a sort of subtle and yet rather distinct difference between superheroes and their sidekicks.
50,228 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 01 29
"In the beginning, apparently, the Universe was created; however, we are not concerned with this minor occurrence and turn our attention towards other semi-interesting plot details."
Opening line for you. ;)