Right, November first is here, midnight has past and we are opening up for those of you brave enough to put up your opening lines.
here is Mine (be warned of spelling mistakes.)
'The cold and dampness from the flagstones leaked into my bones, making the injuries I have gotten from my incarceration, radiates in pain everytime I shivered.'
there ya go! anyone else?
Sue
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Love is Love, who are we to judge if it is right or wrong.
The Burning Quills
2007 - WIN - Death's Messenger: The Journey Starts
2008 - WIN - Death's Messenger: The Journey Continues
2009 - WSS - Kaspia War Trilogy
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Oct 31, 2009 - 17 00
Boo! Here's mine:
'Well, I died.'
Brilliant I know. *grins*
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Oct 31, 2009 - 17 07
I was determined to write *something* before I go to bed, and I've got...
'I sat on the stairs, waiting, with a coffee by my side.'
I've had a lovely time writing so far - I've only done 1,400 but I've probably not written as much as that for years! The first song I put on to write by was Cochise by Audioslave, and I might have to do that every day for the rest of the month - it was a good song for getting going with. :)
All the best to all of you out there!
Morgan
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Oct 31, 2009 - 17 14
I hate my opening line, it's so boring.
Around the year 2043, scientists on Earth made several major breakthroughs in space-travel technology.
I was going to go for something more action packed, but that failed.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 18 27
Just taking a brief break from the typing, so I figured I'd add my opening line
Magdela tied back her long, prematurely whitened hair and set the vial of blood in the centre if the tablecloth where the heart card in her usual tarot spread would go.
27,562 / 50,000
Oct 31, 2009 - 18 59
So far my opening line is:
“So who's going to the game tomorrow? Just me, you and Dave?” Alex asked.
But I'm 99% sure that that will actually be the opening line of chapter two. I've written the chapter and I'm happy with it but I know it's not a chapter one. That might sound a bit weird but it's pretty standard with me. I like a big opening and I know that two blokes discussing plans for a football match isn't it!
39,442 / 50,000
Oct 31, 2009 - 19 00
Just kicking off before bed. I've written:
"The"
not decided on word two yet. Will leave that until the 'proper' morning. Might add an R and an E to the end of the first word too...
Jim
----------2007: Spirit of Omega - 25k (FAIL)
2008: In Two Minds - 50k (WIN)
2009: On Four Wheels (in progress!)
shastrix.com
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Oct 31, 2009 - 19 30
Hi All,
One of the Nano Write-over-er's here. Its 3.30-ish and we're still going. My opening line is:
"You are the reason I'm here".
Ginger :o)
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Oct 31, 2009 - 20 10
Hey everyone,
Here's mine!
'Ironically, it was when the land became overpopulated that it started to bear children.'
I hope I can muster enough creativity to do this.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 00 55
Hi, its Tim.
Just completed the opening section of mine so here's my opening line.
'Your first time is often like the first time you have sex.'
49 1/2 K to go.
NaNo09 - confessions of a serial killer
20,038 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 02 20
My first line:
"Business was slower than a slow motion replay of the dance of honour by the winning couple of the annual Snail Slow Dancing World Championships, played back – in slow motion – on a slightly dodgy VCR that shows everything at about one eighth of its real speed."
My heroine has to work on her analogies a bit. (She is taking lessons, though.)
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Nov 1, 2009 - 02 20
I, Phone, am legally owned by Alice Wooster, who resides at upper 32a Top Bond Street, London, W1, for the purposes of package delivery and network registration.
----------Cheers,
David.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 02 33
'Well, I died.'
Mine's related:
After a while one becomes accustomed to being dead.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 02 38
“God, I’m knackered!”
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Nano 2005 - Won - Crashed
Nano 2006 - Won - Drama in Skitham
Nano 2007 - Lost - No title :(
Nano 2008 - Won - The Train Journey
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Nov 1, 2009 - 02 50
Mine is:
The car pullled out of the drive and slowly drove down the quiet, suburban road.
I thought it was quite good.
50,407 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 03 05
Well I wrote it about a minute ago, and it's all I have, but this managed to pop into my head.
If you ever caught a glimpse of the city from the outside you would immediately notice two things. The first thing you noticed would be that you were wet, and the second is that you would be dead and not able to see any much of anything, even if the thing you are trying to see is a giant floating city .
----------2008: A Turtle, And Other Things That Destroyed The World - Rewriting on hold for November
2009: The Floating City - Going a little too well!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 03 12
Mine is:
The lights illuminated the markets in Marrakesh sending streams of happiness through the mud caked windows of Sapphire's house.
----------You can spend a lifetime being accepted by everyone else, but if you cant accept yourself, then is it really all worthwhile?
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Nov 1, 2009 - 04 39
Victor looked out over the marsh towards the setting sun.
----------Stephen Quentin
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Nov 1, 2009 - 05 22
Just started! Mine is:
"“Are the mods ready?”Asked Dr. Akar, looking down at his charts, attempting to avoid the already growing doubts about this entire experiment."
----------2009 - Losing Time (Science Fiction)
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Nov 1, 2009 - 05 29
“What’s the hold up?” came an angry voice from somewhere in the worried crowd.
----------"Bunch of savages in this town..."
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Nov 1, 2009 - 07 25
I'm struggling. I think I hyped today up so much I can't form any decent sentances yet, but I'm holding up, pushing on! Make the word count and edit another time!
*works himself up!*
... no it's not working, feels too forced... meh.
Flakes of snow touch the lens as the shutter releases.
Hardly a grabber but it's springboarding me for the moment... as much as it can...
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Nov 1, 2009 - 10 23
Mine is quite a long first line all things considered, though it's not too bad I suppose.
"Music surged and hissed through the clammy room, a thin tremble over the roar of voices; I stood back against the wall, drink in one hand and several more in my stomach, waiting for the inevitable tolling of clocks and raising of voices."
44,266 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 11 00
"Induction Day".
Gosh, the exciting possibilities from there! XD
You are all way ahead of me, how dare you. ;-)
----------"For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination."
~ Arthur Conan Doyle ~
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 38
'His dreams smelled of incense and were soaked in gin, although that wasn't altogether clear when one set their eyes upon him.'
Awful. But I'm suffering from the flu of the swine variety, so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
----------One November spawned a monster in the shape of this child.
50,047 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 11 44
"What if what your imagination isn’t really imagination at all. "
Its the best I got! Its my first year, and I do have to say so far Im finding the words are flowing better than I thought they would. I'm just ignoring the fact its the first day!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 14 12
# the basic unit of the tilemap is the Tile objectnot including comments, it's
class Tile(object):Yeah, I'm writing a computer game, not a novel :-D
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1,368 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 14 13
"The popping veins on a tensed tan arm danced before his eyes and, as Dreck focused, slowly morphed into the cracks on the nicotine-cream ceiling above the bed."
Struggling, at least I have a character name now.
----------http://www.scribbleboy.co.uk
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Nov 1, 2009 - 14 23
We had always joked about the irony of the rest home being on that street. Cedar trees are supposed to represent life, but this was anything but life.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 14 42
Oooh mine is pretty similar to the opening one!
"The sound of whispering voices woke her and she lay for a few moments in confusion trying to work out what had happened and why she was lying on a cold hard floor."
I'm at just over 1600 words and feeling hopeful...
12,513 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 16 44
"This is a story about Time"
Simple, and to the point. I'm impressed with my prologue, I'm not friends with Chapter 1 though...
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Nov 2, 2009 - 02 49
So far mine is:
Akira Adams is stealing your wallet.
Lol, and that's about it!