What is your favorite line from your work so far? You know, the sentence or phrase that makes you say "yeah. I wrote that. weep for my brilliance, peasant."
Here's mine:
"And even if she wasn’t completely insane, even if there was some sort of connection or chemistry between them - he was dead, and she was Death. It could never work."
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-gleep-
"because how you get there is the worthier part"
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Nov 21, 2007 - 18 45
I've got a few, but most of them are dialogue quips that don't stand alone :) So here's a nice sentence from my pirate story:
It meant the man was human, that he had a heart in there under the lies, likely swimming in a sea of rum, but a heart nonetheless.
----------Violet
2004 // The Gemini Effect won!
2005 // Lilim's Gate 17,144
2006 // Into the Fire won!
2007 // A Prince's Ransom & The Demon Catharsis
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Nov 21, 2007 - 23 29
Here is one of mine, a bit long and more of a passage than just one sentence:
Unknowingly for the last time, Sheila peered into her mother's once gray and tortured eyes, now yellowed by the jaundice and filled with pain from the cancer. She told her mother she loved her still and forgave her for the painful past. Patricia looked up with disgust, spoke slowly and deliberately with words meant to cut deep, "You are not my daughter." Then she turned away and stared into the void where her mind remained until her death, three months later.
----------2005: Southern Storms
2006: What's Done is Done
2007 NaNoWriMo:
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Nov 22, 2007 - 09 07
honestly, most of my stuff lacks an substance. this, my first attempt at noveling as well as my first real attempt at fiction...so...for me, all sentences need revision.
but here goes.
And with a wave of his long fingered hand, the hand she imagined must play the piano or should play the piano, the hand she now noticed wore no wedding ring, dismissed her.
there. i did it. i posted it. :-)
Robin
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Nov 22, 2007 - 16 55
Yay, Robin! I liked that. :)
Mine:
“One day,” I said, “if you enjoy our hospitality at court for a long enough time, you will learn to stop supposing.”
Just a fun little line in a fun little exchange.
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'05 - Morbid astronomy with a touch of pirates. Winner.
'06 - Snarky royalty and secret meetings. Winner.
'07 - Assassinations, ghosts, and family issues. Winner.
'08 - A strange and sinister retelling of a classic, already sinister tale. W
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Nov 24, 2007 - 16 38
I liked all of them so far. Here's mine. It's the last sentence that is my favorite. I'm including the first two for context.
He looked up, expecting to see Elle but she wasn’t there. He looked over at their table. No Elle.
Pam