| cjel | Last sentence post |
    38,568 / 50,000 Joined: Oct 16, 2006
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Oct 31, 2009 - 19 37 |
In London we had great fun with this post in past years so I'm putting it out here too: when you finish your writing for the day, post your last sentence here. It's freaky how everyone's sentences combine into a narrative that almost makes sense after a while :) Good luck/good writing, guys! :) |
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45,390 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 08 36
Raven carried an unconscious Mark on his back as they headed deeper into the city, towards Altosk's guild headquarters.
((This'll be interesting...))
----------Endless Chronicles - '08 (WON!)
Pretending to Fly - '09
5,354 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 08 53
'Today was going to be a wonderful day.'
----------Random plot devices: one.
Cups of tea: four.
7,639 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 11 41
I hung up the phone smiling while thinking of what kind of surprises awaited me. Nothing could have prepared me for that horrifying evening.
----------2006 - Presumed guilty , 2007 - Doll Face
2008 - Don't sit in front of cacti - unfinished
2009 - The Reluctant Messenger
66,000 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 15 26
The apple and the coffee helped ease Brenna's headache enough so she felt human again.
----------ML Ottawa, Ontario
NaNoWriMo 2006: Lethal Ladies (complete!)
NaNoWriMo 2007: Digital Magic (win!)
NaNoWriMo 2008: Crossover (win!)
NaNoWriMo 2009: The Soul Blade
12,051 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 16 26
Both remaining silent, Mom just holds me as Dad rubs my back.
40,097 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 16 37
For now he would try to get a more detailed picture of the specimen.
55,602 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 16 41
"So what else does the rumour mill tell you?" she asked bravely.
----------It is better to write for yourself and have no audience, then to write for an audience and have no self
2006 - Into the Fray (win)
2007 - The Ties That Bind (win)
2008 - Black Rose (win)
2009 - Devil Ins
40,310 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 18 07
Then she pulled the covers up over her head to block out the screams of the wind outside, and to keep her body warmth inside, and quickly fell asleep.
34,148 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 18 33
She pushed the door open; someone had forgotten to lock up.
----------"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
-Douglas Adams
12,113 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 18 36
Mauricio sat on the arm of a stiff-backed armchair, his ankles crossed, strumming along on his Gretsch Chet, like the music hadn't already been playing when they got there, like he'd specifically picked it out to match the rockabilly sound of his guitar's hollow body – to make himself look good, which Roger had to admit was working, whether or not there was any intent behind it.
38,568 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 19 12
"You look great... go, have fun."
----------36,687 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 19 51
He only hoped she would be safe.
----------2005: The Chosen-- Winner
2006: In this Together -- Winner
2007: Crack(ed) -- Winner
2008: Reality Check (or How Weird Al Yankovic Saved My Nano) -- Winner!
31,102 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 20 51
And so on they would go, tied to the land, but never a slave to it, nor it to them - a partnership.
----------72,346 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 21 14
"You could have just asked me to submit a report to you, which I’m sure would save us both from wasting our precious time,” Kuya stated blandly, clearly not caring that he was speaking to the headmaster on this matter.
----------*Is a Demonic Author that eats NaNoWriM-O's for breakfast*
2008 Achievement - 50K : Six Days.
2008 - Witching Hour - WIN!
2009 - Magi-Nation
47,309 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 22 29
Reluctantly, Wally leaves, knowing he will see her again within the hour.
----------An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do. -- W. Somerset Maugham
35,021 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 05 35
As they said goodbye and exchanged a quick hug, Ginny thought to herself “I hate ‘down the road’. Waiting sucks”.
24,998 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 05 55
As the car pulled out of the driveway she couldn't help the chill that ran up her spine.
----------6,038 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 06 18
"Take me to your leader," she announced, smiling slyly inside her encounter suit.
----------IntroWriMo
http://introwrimo.blogspot.com/
45,390 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 14 49
So when he finally stumbled across the first inn he's seen -named “Arcturus”- he headed in.
----------Endless Chronicles - '08 (WON!)
Pretending to Fly - '09
40,028 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 15 08
By choosing a magic snowman as my heir, I can ensure he possesses the qualities that were first set forth by my Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great (when you get the picture) grandfather.”
66,000 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 16 55
Even through her makeshift filter, the smell of death threatened to overwhelm her.
----------ML Ottawa, Ontario
NaNoWriMo 2006: Lethal Ladies (complete!)
NaNoWriMo 2007: Digital Magic (win!)
NaNoWriMo 2008: Crossover (win!)
NaNoWriMo 2009: The Soul Blade
40,310 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 13
Dead bodies, especially ones that had been dismembered, were something he preferred to see as little of as possible.
34,148 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 30
But then one day he woke up to find his mother had gone.
----------"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
-Douglas Adams
51,875 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 43
"That’s better."
----------"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges
12,051 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 56
I notice the happiness all over her face as I seem to be more at peace with the idea of us all embarking on this voyage.
55,602 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 59
“Fatalist? How do you mean?”
----------It is better to write for yourself and have no audience, then to write for an audience and have no self
2006 - Into the Fray (win)
2007 - The Ties That Bind (win)
2008 - Black Rose (win)
2009 - Devil Ins
36,687 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 28
Branax at once admired and envied him for it.
----------2005: The Chosen-- Winner
2006: In this Together -- Winner
2007: Crack(ed) -- Winner
2008: Reality Check (or How Weird Al Yankovic Saved My Nano) -- Winner!
50,017 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 20 10
The tears ran down my face as if I was the only person who could fill and empty river.
----------Check out my blog for my progress with this years NaNoWriMo:
http://mindys-writing-life.blogspot.com/
www.twitter.com/wrestlingchick
31,102 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 20 12
The voice had been soft and attractive.
----------72,346 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 20 27
‘Yui, be careful, I didn’t like the looks of that guy,’ Hiro thought, his gaze never leaving the house until the three of them were out of sight of it.
----------*Is a Demonic Author that eats NaNoWriM-O's for breakfast*
2008 Achievement - 50K : Six Days.
2008 - Witching Hour - WIN!
2009 - Magi-Nation