Hey everyone, it's 12:01 am on November 1.
I'm stitting in front of my computer, trying to think of a good opening line of my story. I know, less thinking, more writing.
Anyway, post your opening line of your story. And when the muse gets back from her coffee break, I'll post mine.
Happy November!
Tomster.
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3,221 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 21 47
Mine is:
There was no recollection in the vast expanse of his memories of a time when he’d had a real name, not one he’d given himself.
----------NaNo 2004- WON! 56k | NaNo 2005- WON! 54k | NaNo 2006- WON! 93k | NaNo 2007- WON! 51k | NaNo 2008- WON! 50k
Planning to win for the 6th yr running!
40,117 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 22 42
"It was a summer's day like any other in Morode: the sun was shining through the canopy of dark coniferous foliage, making its way boldly inside by whatever means necessary."
----------NaNo '06: The Outside (Urban Fantasy/Sci-Fi | 51,228/50,000)
Screnzy '07: [Untitled] (20,339/20,000)
NaNo '07: Coffee Breaks (Mystery/Suspense | 52,376/50,000)
Nano '08: Prequel to '06 (Urban Fantasy/Sci-Fi | 10,023/50,000)
11,000 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 07 53
Fire has consumed the front end of the plane; the crackling of burning metal drowning out the screams of the few that were still caught in wreckage from the small, charter plane.
So sad. D8
----------Send the Troops Your Love
"To shrug." - Ayn Rand
16,821 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 09 36
The elegant Landau glided gently over the cobblestones, the reins of the coach and four carefully in hand by the driver.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 45
The little house at the edge of the woods, they said, was haunted, but that didn’t keep the occasional visitor away.
23,010 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 10 10
I have to pick up Auntie from prison on Tuesday.
----------My realm - try not to get lost!
161,790 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 10 50
Determined not to overpack this year, Andy Hudson counted out seven pairs of brand-new socks.
KatherineWriting
25,873 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 12 33
Scarlett looked up into the sky, watching the clouds lazily spiral by.
- The Scarlet Wing
5,935 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 17 00
It was the kind of thing you read about in the newspapers – or maybe see in a movie.
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My name is Hannah Montana
You heard my father
Prepare to linedance
50,659 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 18 57
"I have a bad habit of getting sucked into schemes that cause me no end of trouble."
----------NaNo 2007: A New Kind of Power (around 30000)
NaNo 2008: Hell's the Pits (25000)
NaNo 2009: Cadence (WON!)
5,004 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 20 11
"An off white hallway, no different than any other, relished the few seconds of still, pin dropping, smooth silence."
----------"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." --E.L. Doctorow
24,283 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 20 35
Sometimes life just didn’t make sense.
0 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 23 05
The Dragon leapt from the rocky outcropping he had been perched on, the black mists below him swirling slightly in the downdrafts from his powerful wings.
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http://www.fictionpress.com/~kagesora
1,317 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 00 15
When Marco woke up the first morning of his third year at Academy (as the students called it) his instinctual response was to pull the blankets back up over his head and ignore the sunlight streaming in the windows of his room.
-Mari
48,317 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 11 13
My Dad and me were close when I was a kid.
11,000 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 13 54
It all started when I was thirteen.
28,150 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 14 20
"Would you mind wrapping those separely?"
Title: Dream Not Deffered
----------Dream Higher
Crystal in Naperville
7,058 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 14 37
Lisira was just about fed up with Breanne's superstitions, and more than fed up with the "adventures" they always led to.
19,385 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 18 14
There were clothes laying all over the hardwood floor of Morgana’s bedroom. The fading sunlight made every scrap of fabric turn a slight shade of red, and as the young woman made her way through the piles of clothing, her fiery hair caught the setting sun and turned a brilliant shade of crimson.
----------- Ashley
69,844 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 19 23
Still torn between two possible starting points, so...
"The village of Bascom lay in a valley between the foothills of the great mountain range of Gneiss and the sand hills that marked the beginning of the wasteland of the Arkosian desert."
or
"Citrian lay on his mat and squinted against the pinpricks of light that poked through the worn roof."
51,096 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 20 59
His coal black eyes were hidden behind large opaque sunglasses.
Yea...it's a romancy chick-lit thing!! Affair of the Heart.
Good luck fellow NaperNanos!
27,707 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 22 53
I don't particularly remember what I was thinking when I wrote this, but apparently I decided to go simple:
I am the gravedigger.
----------I believe in ending procrastination... tomorrow.
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40,362 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 23 35
"The only reason I married you was for your car."
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3,221 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 09 55
[quote=jannie_delta
I am the gravedigger.
I am totally intrigued. XD Simpler is better.
----------NaNo 2004- WON! 56k | NaNo 2005- WON! 54k | NaNo 2006- WON! 93k | NaNo 2007- WON! 51k | NaNo 2008- WON! 50k
Planning to win for the 6th yr running!