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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:55 PM Original message |
hey writers...lets hear the first sentence of that great novel you have hidden away!! |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Midway in our life's journey, I went astray from the straight road |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Nice! |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I had to find the book in my "goin to jail" bag |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. "I’m no Jiminy Cricket, |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. "As the rain pelted his beret hat like a ferocious wildebeest bereft of kin, |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Even mine is better than this! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Snap-on or Craftsman? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Ooops, sorry - I meant to include "pneumatically driven Snap-on that |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. "It was funny and sad, like a trainwreck full of clowns." |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. That's funny. And sad. And funny. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. thanks. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. "A Trainwreck Full of Clowns" is one of the best titles ever. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #71 |
83. thank you! |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ok here goes: |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. It was a dark and stormy night. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Dang it, that was MY first line! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Illinois summers may not seem like paradise to us... |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Everything smells like Rusty" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hey, you there in Borders: come get hooked on this book with me. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Not sure if it's the first, but it certainly establishes the character. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. The night was stormy and dark. |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. I guess in hindsight |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Many people have written at length about the events of [***]... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. The sky over the port was the color of television, tuned to Barney. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I was just going to post, "Now where have I heard that before, hmmmm?" |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. 14 years ago I tried writing an SF spoof. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. edited to avoid stray lightning bolts |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Don't care for fiction myself. n/t |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Oh - it was going to be so much more fun accusing you of plagiarism! |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I was stealing from the best |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. He thought maybe he shouldn't have sliced off the ears. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Call me the best of times." (It's a twofer) |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. What the dickens? Well, it sounds like a whale of a story. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. Call me Ishmail... |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Wanted: Apprentice. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. That sounds neat! |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Great performance last night," said Angelina to Brad. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. "They were so small when the Lookout first caught sight of them: two slow moving spheres of pearl... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:57 PM Original message |
I'd drop the 'there' off the end |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'd drop "at the edge of" for the same reason. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. 'Kay, fellas? If this ever sees a pro editor, s/he is likely to shred every sentence. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. D'oh! Sorry. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. The book publisher never knew that as he dipped his quilled pen |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. 'It was a dark and stormy night |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. I've never quite finished one, but I've got a few half-completed ones... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. The night was sultry. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. Here's mine: |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. Jack Haggerty held the Smith and Wesson 9 mm next to his temple and pulled the trigger. |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Her ample breasts were beginning to show throught her white |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Well... |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I do what I can... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Darn... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
68. Wow. PM me the rest, will you? |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. Gods, I haven't looked at my writings in so long... |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Albert looked into the cracked glass |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. Belinda knew, when she saw the bloodstained poodle hair in the trash compactor, that she'd... |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. "I freakin hate computers," |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. "I was going to kill my sister, Amy." |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
80. Clarify, please. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. The speaker is the heroine of my single title contemporary romance novel |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. I emerged from Topanga Canyon at twilight and caught my first glimpse of the ocean |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. The End. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Heh. Does remind me, though, of what has to be the shortest story ever: |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. over 7 billion dives in this galaxy, and I end up... |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. He dropped his Starbucks Venti Soy Latte in shock and stood up quickly from behind... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. "In another town, I probably would’ve had more decisive plans..." |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
60. My neighbor rolled his car slowly to a stop in front of my house. As I approached, |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. okay |
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texas1928 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
62. All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
63. "I remember that I was happy that day. The reason I remember this |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
65. well I learned one thing from this thread... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
66. "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
67. Specks of dust drifted slowly through the rays of sunlight that leaked past the |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
69. The students always wondered |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
70. Ermintrude blinked awake abruptly when the door creaked open in the wind and |
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zingaro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Somehow |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
73. "Fuckity-Fuck-Fuck-Fuck" |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
74. Excerpt. I don't have a first sentence per say... |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
75. The first sentence of my self-help book... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
76. So I says to my wife with the wooden leg... |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
77. She stood there |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm not writing prose... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
79. "John didn't say a word." |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
82. Okay, here's 2 of mine... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
84. The Tajiki man looked at the dead emu, |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
85. Prologue: They called it THE FALL. |
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