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写作 What's YOUR First Line?

XDRoseLuvsHP posted on Oct 07, 2010 at 12:41AM
Okay, here's how it goes.
Just write the very first sentence of any one of your stories. No more than the first sentence. Just the very first one.
Hopefully, this will inspire people. I hope this forum will give people ideas as to how to start a story they are struggling with, or perhaps give people ideas for stories period.
The only rules are:
-No Spamming (obviously)
-No Stealing Other People's Ideas
If the first line of your story is, for whatever reason, the same as another persons, then just explain it, and that's that.
-Don't be unnecessarily rude

The first line of the novel I'm writing right now is...
They were watching.

Note: If you want, it doesn't have to be from an actual story. It could just be a cool line you thought of in your head. I thought of one too, and here it is:
My name is Chimere, and I do not exist.
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一年多以前 Friendly_Girl said…
Ok, sounds like a fun idea :)

The first line of the novel I'm writing right now is...
I run through the darkness, gasping for air as I was desperately trying to get away from them.
一年多以前 XDRoseLuvsHP said…
^^Oooh! That sounds like a really interesting story! You've got me hooked XD
一年多以前 Friendly_Girl said…
lol thanks :)
一年多以前 Phangirl7 said…
Well, the only original stories I've written all start with some variation of the line: The year was (insert year here).
一年多以前 TDI100 said…
angry
ever scince I read some percy jakson fanfics I had a go at writing my own and the only line I come up with when I start is "Annabeth sighed"


I'M SUCH AN IDIOT
一年多以前 2dolphn97 said…
ok but if anybody steals anything from my sentence or the story line i will report you ok here it goes
"if there was an award for having the strangest things having to you, i would win the gold,"
一年多以前 2dolphn97 said…
big smile
yah there is more to it and it is on fanpop if any lucky people want to read it and my freind has 1 2, they r called (mine) Ora, and (my friends) One among us. check it out
一年多以前 -BlazeTheCat- said…
I'm writing a pokemon fanfic. XD

"A small, pink mouse-like animal happily circled a little yellow, pointy-eared creature, flying around it's head."
一年多以前 sydnosh said…
tongue
"How could this have happened?"

I don't know I think it fits though...
一年多以前 axemnas said…
cool
"Even a man pure in heart and says his prayers by night; may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright"

In my most recent novel i quoted the original Curt Siodmak 1941 screenplay The Wolf Man with the poem above. I find it quite catchy and meaningful on a multiple reason basis
"Even a man pure in 心 and says his prayers 由 night; may become a 狼 when the wolfsbane blooms
一年多以前 AvaMarch said…
tongue
Well, here's the first line of the prolougue
My name is Ace.

And the first of my story
I didn't open my eyes for I thought I was dead.
一年多以前 emilyroxx said…
Here's my over-melodramatic first line of my prolouge:

Deep in the dungeons of Entasia a newborn baby cried as an angry yell rang out throughout the castle.

And the actual story is:
It was the first day third grade and the students were told to make robots.
一年多以前 mdedrick said…
^ Can I guess that someone was yelling because the baby was born a girl?

Here is the first line of the epilogue of the novel I'm editing:

"A luminous moon shone in the sky, as if to challenge the stars around it to shine any brighter than it could."

And here's the first line of the first chapter:

"Wind rushed through Ember's hair as she flew."
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一年多以前 dpaisita97 said…
"Let me tell you of the day this whole mess began."
It's supposed to be those kinda books for preteens and teens, you know, simple sarcastic and funny.
一年多以前 HecateA said…
smile
-Leave me alone!

一年多以前 2dolphn97 said…
big smile
if anyone wants to read mine and my friends story, say so, and if you read them then comment on them :D
一年多以前 starwarsfangirl said…
tongue
Fifteen years ago.
yeah... :P here's the next sentence (btw, i make up weird names for places in my stories :P)
Light hadn’t even graced the towers of the palace in the capitol city of Dragomria as the scribe rushed through the grand corridors.
一年多以前 M169 said…
"Everyone knows no one is normal."

I just posted this story
一年多以前 bri-marie said…
smile
Well, I'm multi-tasking. I'm working on a story and a fanfiction ^^

Okay, so, the prologue to my story:
"The darkness grows in the passing days."

And the first chapter:
"A lanky man strolled casually down the beach, lost in his own mind, paying no notice to the sand clinging to his black boots."

Now, my fanfiction:
Prologue:
"A man sat in a high-backed chair, his still form illuminated eerily by the dying firelight"

And the first chapter:
"Severus Snape was a man who greatly enjoyed privacy."
一年多以前 -BlazeTheCat- said…
I wrote another one. :3

"I don't get it! Why do I live at all, if this is how my life turns out?!" -Faith
一年多以前 Aquamarina said…
smile
I have many beginnings of stories, which end quite often after a few chapters...
So here's a selection of first sentences:

"As the young elf Meyra slowly awaked and blinked in the sun, her first thought was for the Floral Festival which would take place today."

"Floras garden lay perfectly idyllic in the midst of lush green rolling hills."

"Henry hadn't ever been very eye-catching."

"Bianca squinted her eyes against the falling snow and the cool wind."

"One wonderful day, it finally lay down at her feet."

"Half past six, monday morning."

"My life changed one cloudy saturday afternoon."

That's all I have so far. I hope, my translations are okay, I normally write in german :)
一年多以前 AnnabethKatara said…
'Judging by the title of this book, you'd probably think this whole thing was a dream.'
Title: "Dream Escaspe"
一年多以前 emiehs96 said…
monkey
I threw my head down on my desk in frustration.

I know.It's genius.
一年多以前 DracoLuver said…
I let out a shrill screech as the skin on my arm began to burn, my parents laughing and jeering as tears welled up in my eyes.

It's about child abuse. I wanted to make people realize how horrible it is. There is a sub-plot too which pretty much hurts my character even more, but I don't wanna blow it :P
一年多以前 Espeongirl360 said…
It wasn't always easy bieng a thirteen year old girl in SweetGrass, Saskatchewan.

I hope it is my first book. It is about how to get over bullying because that is the one thing that I HATE! I can`t stand bullies.
一年多以前 Andressa_Weld said…
heart
It was my first night in a new school - A point of light in the middle of the darkness

It's a story about vampires who are tired of being evil creatures, so they decide to try a new life style, but they are only teenagers and to reach their goal, they'll have to break all the school rules! (The tittle is a bit ridiculous)
一年多以前 lucius_malloy said…
Lily knew that her seventh and final year at Hogwarts was going to be the hardest yet.

fanfiction FTW :D
一年多以前 Werewolves4Life said…
wink
okay heres mine:
"Erik Your Gay? Than Why Are You Dating Me Why Did You Sleep With Me?"
Sorry I Wrote More Than One Sentence
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一年多以前 barogr said…
I didn't actually wrote a book or so but when I ever think of doing so this sentence comes to my mind:
"I ran, I ran until I couldn't feel my legs and lungs any more, I knew that if I stopped, I would feel the pain, and it was unbearable."
一年多以前 barogr said…
Here is the first line of a short story I wrote for a school project:
"Long long ago, there was no light source on earth."
一年多以前 forksandspoons said…
2dolphn97 i heard that exact sentance in the middle of a book i have called 1-800-where-r-u
一年多以前 iluvjblol210 said…
worried
that is such a good idea and it sounds great!
okay heres mine...
i was running down the long wet side walk as he chased me.
一年多以前 warcraftjunkie1 said…
Heres how i'm starting a new story, "Looking out of the window of an orphanage, a single tear ran down Rya's cheek."
This is about a girl who becomes a pirate(BTW Fanfiction, POTC fanfiction!)
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一年多以前 Alexi95 said…
Here's the first line from the novel I'm working on:
In the story books it’s always good versus evil, and even though the good guys have a rough time of it for a while; they always come out on top and end up with the perfect fairy tale happy ever after.
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一年多以前 axemnas said…
1ADAM12, 1ADAM12 and all units in the vicinity.
一年多以前 axemnas said…
laugh
And then their was the truck
一年多以前 Massogliacutie said…
smile
It was an average day in Harmonica Town. A cool gentle breeze blew in from the graceful sea, buffeting the slow swaying grass on the island.

That's the first line of my HMAP fanfic.
一年多以前 xDark_Angelx said…
"The girl took her first steps into the academy, with her only a small bag slung over her shoulder and her name-Malina; she had no last name."

It's from a story called, A Single Drop.
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一年多以前 tiny_princess said…
ammmmm
i think this might works : >> "Here i was again ... "
一年多以前 christoph93 said…
James Blake pounded his alarm clock, opened his blinds, and began the worst day of his life.


-shades of red white and blue by me :)
一年多以前 beachchick said…
her is my start to the novel im writing..
This is the Prologue. She was running faster, her bare feet throbbing on the cold, snowy ground trying to push herself away from everything that had happened that night.
一年多以前 TheDon0603 said…
He often wondered why he did it.

My stories about a man who works as a mercenary because fighting is his only skill.
一年多以前 kaylap1410 said…
big smile
Ok I will!

We were all different, all chosen for different reasons.

There is more on the Troubled series forum. This is a project I am working one and I am really exicted. So far there is three different authors inculding me. I will not post the whole thing. It is more like 10 chapters. Sorry but I don't even want to post that. If some one steals it I would be so mad! But go there to read the whole prologe. I really like it!
一年多以前 DracoLuver said…
LOTR Fanfic

I opened my eyes, slowly, and even that managed to hurt.
一年多以前 iluvPrinceMJ213 said…
I was an early bird for one reason and one reason only sunrises and they early flow of the river in the morning.
一年多以前 woofbark said…
100 years in the future......
Renee Dives dashed forward as another bullet whizzed dangerously close to her neck, almost touching her dark black hair.

-UNTIITLED




The howling of the wind rose to an inhuman screech.

-Insanity



Lilith stood alert in the middle of the clearing, knowing IT was out there and would get her if she wasn't on her guard.


-Dark Secrets and Dark Things




一年多以前 nymph_tonks said…

"I was just just sitting on the bridge, daydreaming, when suddenly the bridge broke!" for my story about unamed. No, that she calls herself.
一年多以前 Biancadi said…
Ok this is from TBotL with Cece

Before Cecelia Maybeck knew it, her life turned upside down.
一年多以前 Sk8terGirl-Xx said…
Well this seems fun :)My first line:
A single tear ran down my cheek;at that moment the lamp at the side of the church was extinguished, a shadow crept behind me...The pressance of evil.

Yeah it's a pretty long first sentence!... :P
一年多以前 magicgirl123 said…
Ugh, I want to do this, but I started so many stories now Im going to have to get up and go look............

From: Frasco

I was 14 years old when I received my love, my life, my horse Frasco.

From: The boy and dragon (This isn't a very interesting sentence)

"Eric? Eric listen to me!" His mothers stern voice woke him out of his daydream.


From: The dragons( note that this is the first sentence out of 2)

I am a member of the most dominate species of anything, a species known to be unpredictable, untraceable, and unquestionable.
( can you guess?)


Well, that's all I could find.

;)
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