So what's the first line of your book? Or, if you're like me who's starting on the second chapter (LOLOLOL), the first line of the first scene/chapter/whatever you're working on this November?
Mine is:
Chapter Two
xDDD?
Okay, it's actually:
From her seat at the back of the class, Yukina watched her teacher flail around with his bleeding hand, splashing some of her classmates with his blood.
(And mind, I'm still thinking of a good word to replace "Chapter" like in some mangas and anime.)
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Oct 31, 2009 - 19 30
well not including the prologue (because the prologue is just one word: Isa.) but the first line of my novel is:
Chapter One - Ultimate Crush
Her name is Melisa; Melisa Cruz.
Not really as mind-blowing as blood splashing others... but it's what I've got. :)
----------"I'm the crazy person in this crazy world that makes sense to the crazy mind"
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Oct 31, 2009 - 20 11
I thought that last night it would be "Do I even want to know what you did?"
It ended up as: He was the only one who didn’t show up
----------My heart, my life, my praise is all for You
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 11
For shame, I don't even have a title yet. Lol.
Chapter 1: Somewhere in London at 4 in the morning, in a large, sprawling place known as the Evanstar mansion.........
Dundundunnnn :D
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 56
My first line sucks... LOL!
Here's mine:
The school bell stopped and the hallways were empty in less than a minute...
GO PINOYWRIMOS!
----------NaNo '07 - Scarlet Wishes, Crimson Dreams
NaNo '08 - Book
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Oct 31, 2009 - 22 17
For the past twenty five years of his existence in this world, this was the first time he felt it.
I'm aiming to do something that is impressionistic.
----------NaNo '08: A Piece of Reality (Super epic phail!)
NaNo '09: Untitled
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Oct 31, 2009 - 23 15
The last of the moon glittered upon the waters of Venice, rippling upon the canals, sparkling in rhythm to the creaking of gondolas as they bobbed with the ebbing of the tide.
* ay salamat....makatulog na nga....
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Oct 31, 2009 - 23 24
"A million variants of warmth and comfort, I felt coursing through myself at that very moment and for the life of me I could not have dissected and defined every single one of them. " -- doesn't really sound right, eh? Not really.. *shrug* I was doing a stream of consciousness thing..
And... I went for very very very wordy.. :D
~~Carla
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Oct 31, 2009 - 23 28
It was said that the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps was full of traditionalists. It was true enough, in any case.
I'm tempted to break out 'Tradition' from Fiddler on the Roof.
----------"Spartans never die."
NOV.2008 - Emperor's Fall
NOV.2009 - Honour Guard
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Nov 1, 2009 - 00 26
They called it the void.(Aaaand back to procrastinating!
You're a bad-hearted boytrap, baby doll, but~
You're so damn hot!)
----------For you I'll burn the length and breadth of sky.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 00 35
:| <--- this is my straight face.
... I need a new first line.
----------Would you believe me if I told you that you could find a witty quote here? If not, pretend this is a beautiful image.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 02 41
I looove how everyone's first lines manifest a different mood/charm. <3 Anyway, I've finally managed to finish chapter 1 of my NaNo! \o/ So I thought I'd share my own first line. :D
Episode 1
It was a pleasant enough morning as it was — with white, fluffy clouds spotting the skies, the skies itself blue as ever.
That sounds boring. XD I call my chapters 'episode' for this novel. :3
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Nov 1, 2009 - 03 15
A crash breaks the cacophony of hushed voices, clinking pots and plates, and the sound of collective feet. A soft, feminine voice suddenly utters a cuss word, and all heads turn toward the source of the commotion.
I r teh lame. But I got the first chapter done. :D
----------Tres Mujeres: A Granado Espada Gaming Blog
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Nov 1, 2009 - 03 43
The breeze blowing from the sea was brisk and chilly. The people on deck had long given up wearing their hats on their heads, choosing instead to grip them tightly in their hands as they listened to the night’s entertainment, a well-known string quartet.
Lame, I know, but I always have trouble with first lines.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 03 56
The day that Maribella Suzara died was also the day that she found out her boyfriend was cheating on her.
... LOL
----------I know our antebellum innocence was never meant to see the light of our armistice day.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 05 44
Mine was supposed to be "I love Mondays" but I changed it earlier. :D
"I think we should just be friends."
wohoo :D
----------Tina, ML for the Philippines
Refine Me | PinoyWrimos | @pinoywrimos
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 14
Everything that happens is in the will of He who controls all programs.
Erm, yeah. ^^;;
----------New Wrimos: not taking any mentorships, but ask me stuff through YM or Nanomail and I'll answer. ^^;
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 25
well, here's mine:
The dwarven general can defeat Fate.
first line for the first day! woot!
----------If you're tired with life, it means you haven't tried peanut butter. Poor you.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 30
"It was seven minutes until 3:00 P.M."
Guess what that day was, folks. You get a free snack at the next write-in if you guess correctly. =D
----------Someone said you're feeling green tonight so step up.
Do you really want to cross the line right now?
Go ahead and try to take what's mine.
Let it roll, let it roll, I'm unstoppable
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 41
Close your eyes.
Yep. That's about it. lol
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And I just realized the terrible redundancy of having my word count in a signature
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rants & raves
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 19
unang yugto - "Stone Temple Pilots"
. . .
magbuhat sa isang munti ngunit kakaiba at makabuluhang pangyayari noong nakaraang gabi, hindi lubos maisip ni Dodong ang kanyang buhay sa susunod na mga panahon magbuhat nang siya'y magising ng ubod ng aga kaninang madaling araw, pagkaidlip ng higit sa tatlo lang na mga oras; kung kaya't sa kanyang bigla niyang pagkakabangon sa mabigat at malamigang higaan ay kanyang lubos na natamo ang kakaibang kabagalan at pawang bilis ng panahon sa kanyang kina-uupuan.
. . .
----------"whoa!"
=)
. . .
"what the band TrueFaith would've been, hadn't they screw-up with stuff back in the 90's."
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Megamanila circa 2050s: The Mass Transit coaches rattle and whine, the overhead lights flicker and flash.
The terminology is deliberate. Mahirap pala ang mag-isip about NCR and the Philippines forty or so years from now.
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NanoWriMo 2009: Came Clear
This is my very first attempt. I wish you all luck!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 20 27
Megamanila circa 2050s: The Mass Transit coaches rattle and whine, the overhead lights flicker and flash.
The terminology is deliberate. Mahirap pala ang mag-isip about NCR and the Philippines forty or so years from now.
----------http://popgoespj.blogspot.com
NanoWriMo 2009: Came Clear
This is my very first attempt. I wish you all luck!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 23 13
This is not a love story.
Too telling? XD
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Nov 4, 2009 - 08 21
the first line of my prologue :) it's a high fantasy story
It’s almost summer again. The sky outside the palace window is the palest blue with not a cloud in sight; it reminds me of the day we set off for Cornelia.
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Nov 4, 2009 - 18 52
Lol mine's uh.....
"The matter grew and led to civil unrest. Yet, not even the 2032 People Power Revolution did much to alleviate the situation within the government."
>_>;; It's very political with mafia involved...so uh... yeah..
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Nov 5, 2009 - 02 20
Mine is so...typical. But here it is anyway -_-
"It was the fourth of May, a Tuesday of the second half of summer in the city of Taygete."
See? O.o
----------I've never written anything so long....
....so what?
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Nov 5, 2009 - 02 37
From my Prologue:
People had told me that words have power. In some form, I guessed it was true – each word I typed in my computer had a certain ring to it, if you know what I mean. It was like they pulsed and vibrated, ready to take hold of something and bring it to life. And I found that out in the worst possible way.
...:D It's my first time doing an all-out writing using the first person pov. xD
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Nov 5, 2009 - 05 54
When I toiled away the first few days in frustration, I knew working first with the introduction would kill me before the stress of NaNoWriMo gets to me. But yeah, at least I managed a first line! :D
"It had seemed like a good idea, though everything does start with that one little spark."
It looks to me a bit rushed, the shifting of ideas, so I think I'll change it when my mind's not in a mess D:
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Nov 5, 2009 - 07 19
The novel I'm writing is actually in Filipino :) Sabihin na natin na sa ganitong pagkakataon, ipagpapaliban ko muna ang paggamit ng wikang Ingles. Sa trabaho ko na nga 'yun ginagamit, e—pati ba naman dito? ;P
Anyway, here's the first line of my novel:
Madilim. Malungkot. Nakakapangilabot.
----------“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)
"And the day came when the risk it took to remain closed in a bud became more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~ Anais Nin
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Nov 5, 2009 - 10 01
Hm, I know this is long, but here's the opening Montage of chapter 1.
Pinolot did not know how much time had passed, but could no longer ignore the burning pain he felt in his old legs, so he stopped. For an instant, he felt surprise about the fact that he was already most of the way down the mountain. Even in his youth, he did not have the strength or endurance that a man needed to be a ble to run that far downhill without stopping. And his youth... That had been a long time ago. He did not remember how long people had called him "Tatang Pino," but he could barely remember the days when he was called by a name that did not indicate that he was an old man.
Slowly, he became aware of the changes to his surroundings. The air had lost its earlier stillness, and the mid-morning light seemed to have come down to its normal brilliance. He could hear the laughter of the creek somewhere to his left and below, hidden from his sight by a steep incline and thick foliage. And then, finally, the high pitched ring of the insects came back.
The forest was coming back to normal, and he was beginning to feel like a man of his age again. The effects of the Tigmamanukan's presence were wearing off.
...
----------RE de Leon is a businessman and first time novelist based in Agoo, La Union, Philippines. Mag-Ahon is the first of a trilogy of mythopoeic novels derived from legends of the shores of Laguna de Bay, circa 800 A.D.