What's Your First Line?

The rain was coming in short bursts, the thunder just loud and periodic enough to disturb the conversations taking place inside of the house.

Yeah, apparently, it was a dark and stormy night. *facepalm*

Colbert '08! ...or Edwards, if I must.

Though many of the gossiping village crones would attempt to convince you otherwise, the small community of River Crossing did not encounter much excitement.

My sad attempt at being witty. :)

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Mine is

Do you believe in destiny?

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I hate my first line, so I'm not even going to share. Okay, I am. But I don't like it.
"It occurred to Cage Hayden as he walking through the park that he should have been happy."

It needs more...oomph. Then again, I don't have the first chapter entirely to my liking, so that's what December is for!

Nano 05: Without A Past- ! 52K
Nano 06: So Much More Than Gold and Finding Alaska- ! 115K!
Nano 07: Made To Be Broken and Jersey Heart - 93K!

i may be crazy
but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for

The itch on her nose woke her.

~Andi
Can't believe I'm doing this

~Andi
Can't believe I'm doing this

I don't really like mine either, but...

The other students on the bus were being loud and obnoxious; that wasn’t unusual.

NaNo '06 - Akira
NaNo '07 - The Chalk Board

ScriptFrenzy '07 - The Starbucks Boy

I know when you write romances your not suppose to start with the Romantic lead man, but mine starts with;

Arthur glanced around the room as he stood nursing his room temperature beer and checked out the young ladies in their Halloween costumes;

“I refuse to go on a blind date with a guy named Popcorn. It goes against my principles to date men named after my favorite foods.”

NaNo 2006 - Just Your Average Woman - 50k+ - I wish I could remember the exact count:)

My first line is from a song, though I did switch it around a very little bit. The only reason I'm using it is to get a jumpstart. The first line is always my downfall. So here's mine, it's definitely not original since it's from a song!

"She thought she had it figured out with a brand new life in a great big house and initials on the towels...she should have been happy now."

This is the opening line I wrote off the cuff that instantly inspired my WIP: Midnight, as a gray-blue fog crept across the Embankment to blanket Chelsea with the consistency of a thick pea soup, found the Honourable Aidan Beresford wobbling and weaving down Tite Street, warbling a frothy show-tune at the top of his lungs.

I just heard the hero's voice, so my first line is:

"Do you want to live?"

Kim
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"His eyes were upon her again."

It may be the worst first line I've ever written, but at least it got me started, and really, on day five, that's all that counts.

I really like my opening line. :P I've just started writing today.

'Airports are messy.'

Generally end up throwing out my first chapters, but as it stands now...

Medusa lay on her belly on the banks of the river Acheron with her chin propped in her hands.

Short, sweet, to the point LOL.

Liane Gentry Skye
www.lianegentryskye.com

Talk about your great hooks! Not only do I want to live. I want to read MORE. :D

Liane Gentry Skye
www.lianegentryskye.com

LOL, Addison, I was so tempted to begin a story sometime as "He was a dark and stormy knight"...

Yours is far better than that. Nice mood setting.

Liane Gentry Skye
www.lianegentryskye.com

Declan Collins chambered the first bullet into his gun with slow deliberation.

LOL, thank you Liane!

Though Blake, my hero, is not playing at the minute. Not playing at all *grrr* That's what I get for writing a man with too many secrets, LOL

Kim

I don't recognize the song but you've got me curious.

I have the first line if you count my prologue and the first line of the real story.....

"Star light, star bright, first star we see tonight..." The three of us together forever, Caro thought.

“I wish she would quit asking me if there was a problem she could help me with.” Caro muttered to herself.

The first first line is a variation of the same first line from my other 2 nano books, about the other 2 girls. hee.

NaNo '05: I Wish I May (won)
NaNo '06: I Wish I Might (won)
NaNo '07: Have This Wish
Genre: Romance

Normally I start writing a story and then trash it after writing a few pages and then regret it, but I've promised myself not to do that this time. So, as it stands right now this is what I've come up with.

The first line of the prologue : I don’t think that I would have done anything different that year.
The novel starts out:
Where I come from everything is blurred

I, too, am one of those people who always have to go back and toss their first chapter. As it stands now, my first line(s) read:

"Kate Fraser was normally a latte person. Today, however, she needed her caffeine straight up."

I figured this was a good topic for me to come out of NaNoWriMo hiding. :)

I nicked my first line from the 'adopt an opening line' thread XD

"I lead a very frugal life", she said "I only ever drink champagne on Fridays and I only ever buy caviar as a gift".

So this will probably get tossed...

Carly sighed at the sight of a supper table piled high with dirty dishes.

Go Tigers!

The last place Lilly wanted to be was Athens Regional Medical Center.

What lies behind you and what lies before you is nothing compared to what lies within you ~ Emerson

2007 - Knowing Touch

It's a song by A Fine Frenzy "Think of You". I can't get enough of A Fine Frenzy. All of the songs are great inspiration for writing a romance :)

Not that thrilling (but that's Ye Olde Inner Editor speaking), so here goes:

Philadelphia, January 1793

These were modern times.

"Every journey has an end –
When at the worst affairs will mend –
Dark the dawn when day is nigh –
Hustle your horse and don't say die!"
~Gilbert & Sullivan, "If You Go In," Iolanthe

His muscles glistened in the dark as the moonlight hit his back.

I know it sounds like erotica, but it isn't. Honest. :D

Liz K.

'I’m not much for sports or girls, which can be a bit of a problem when you’re the new guy at a high school well-known for its sports team and student balls.'

Yesh, I'm going for sappy-fluffy-high school boy romance this year. Jolly, isn't it?

“I am part of all that I have read.”
- John Kieran

Mine's a Science Fiction Romance. My first line is:

It wasn't the claws that scared him.