First words

Fun! Here are mine:

Simon de Sigillo pulled his cloak tighter around his lanky frame as the wind sharpened and pushed harder against the trees over his head.

NaNoWriMo 2008 (win): "A Stacked Deck"

Hi everyone,

This is my first wrimo and I've never even come close to finishing a novel. Here are my first words:

The first time it happened to Danny Anderson, he was focused on the baseball as it left Howie Green's hand on its way to the plate where Danny stood, trying very hard not to make a fool of himself.

Ooh, first words. Fun fun! Here's mine:

“It’s over, General. You’ve lost.”

Life + Universe + Everything = 42

oh this is fun, even though my first words arn't as amazing as i would like them to be, they need more power and such but oh well.

Aslynn stood in the alley, not entirely sure why she was there, but knowing all the same that that was where she needed to be.

Here's mine: It was a smile, really.

All right, I'm game. Here are my first words:

If he wasn’t careful, he was going to get himself killed.

All writers are crazy, even if they don't admit to it. Who else has a job where you sit around actually listening to the voices in your head?

I took a few steps backwards and leaned forward, bending over double. The bile rose in my throat before I could stop it.

I figured hey, lets get the death of that major character over in the first scene. Then I don't have to think about writing it later haha. This is going to be the best year yet!

Very fun to read. Here's mine. I'll also post a word count when I figure out how, but all of you are way ahead of me!

Henry Wickson hunched to a stop. Resting his hands on his knees, he willed himself to catch his breath.

"The shuttle port was dim, desolate, and nearly deserted."

Ahaha, well here is mine, although it won't make any sense at all...

"Amidst brightly colored packaging emerges the very tip of creation: sleek, strong, forceful."

This is my first WriMo, and I've never tried to write anywhere close to 50k in my life, so this is a challenging endeavor for me, indeed!

Here are my first words:

"It’s funny how people actually believe I give a damn about what they think. "

I haven’t always been obsessed with finding lost things, have I? Don’t answer that.

"The temptation to think of this whole thing as one massive joke didn't make Dustin want to laugh."

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"NO DISCLAIMERS."

"You can't be serious."

So generic. So going to be changed...in December!

Orange County South ML
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It started out with a small incident, a small misstep by a shipper that resulted in the cargo accidently being knocked into the harbor.

"No amount of bad drama television shows could have prepared me for this."

This was a great idea. Some of these openings are fantastic! Keep up the good work, guys!

I was given my first sentence as a challenge/prompt by a friend.

Here it is:
We never make smores anymore.

Its my first Nano and first real attempt at writing....So here goes...

"Bailey leaned back, tucked a stray brown hair behind her ear and rubbed her eyes. Why did everything have to be this hard?"

Laurel

I start my novel with a quote so this isn't the first words of my novel but they are the first words I wrote:

“Excuse me, Miss Bridget… EXCuuuse me”

"We believe in fairytales, not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten." -G. K. Chesterson

The first words of this story (in the first, rough-draft version, of course) are: "Moonclaire ran through the dark woods, barely conscious of where she was going."

However, in past writing attempts I asked my friends to give me a sentence - any sentence - and I would make it the first line of my new story. This is a fantastic device (see: blatant laziness and thievery), and I highly recommend it for future endeavors. Two of my favorites that I received (mineyoucanthavethem!) are 1: "It wasn't until Tuesday that she noticed the eyeliner marks on the door frame, but now it was all she had." 2: "The corn is singing in the valley, and I alone hold the trump card to humanity's survival."

"I am a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all."

Hah...mine might seem a little tame compared to the rest, because my "novel" this year is actually a collection of stories based on the stories I tell my daughter at bedtime. Each story starts the same way:

"Once there was a cat who was sleek and black, and her name was Sarah. She had a friend who was fluffy and gray, and his name was Stone. Sarah and Stone liked to have adventures together."

I just started out so I hope that I can catch up to you guys, if possible. Well, here's my slightly strange beginning.

"My parents are such freaks, which is why I’m happy, surprised, and scared that they let me go to Europe alone. That’s right, alone! Beat that television! No way am I going to watch you now!"

"I'm falling but my heart's not bleeding,
I wish it were though.
Since all the emotions pumping in my veins,
Would just bleed dry until there's no more."

This is kinda fun.

"Far away is a place I once knew."

“Get Darius. Now!”

The chamber servant rushed off and through the large chamber room doors within seconds of hearing the Guardian’s order. Sprinting down the long hallways, he called out in hopes to catch the Guardian by ear.

Dang. It's awesome to see writers' voices present in only a few words. Super cool!

"The body, if it could still be called that, was found stretched over the first four rows of pews at Saint Petyr's Cathedral, in the south bend of Munnyville."