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Writing 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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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک XDRoseLuvsHP said…
^^Oooh! That sounds like a really interesting story! You've got me hooked XD
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Friendly_Girl said…
lol thanks :)
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Phangirl7 said…
Well, the only original stories I've written all start with some variation of the line: The year was (insert year here).
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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,"
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک -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."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک sydnosh said…
tongue
"How could this have happened?"

I don't know I think it fits though...
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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 دل and says his prayers سے طرف کی night; may become a بھیڑیا when the wolfsbane blooms
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک HecateA said…
smile
-Leave me alone!

پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک M169 said…
"Everyone knows no one is normal."

I just posted this story
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک -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
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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 :)
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک AnnabethKatara said…
'Judging by the title of this book, you'd probably think this whole thing was a dream.'
Title: "Dream Escaspe"
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک emiehs96 said…
monkey
I threw my head down on my desk in frustration.

I know.It's genius.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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)
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک lucius_malloy said…
Lily knew that her seventh and final year at Hogwarts was going to be the hardest yet.

fanfiction FTW :D
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک forksandspoons said…
2dolphn97 i heard that exact sentance in the middle of a book i have called 1-800-where-r-u
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک axemnas said…
1ADAM12, 1ADAM12 and all units in the vicinity.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک axemnas said…
laugh
And then their was the truck
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک tiny_princess said…
ammmmm
i think this might works : >> "Here i was again ... "
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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 :)
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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!
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک DracoLuver said…
LOTR Fanfic

I opened my eyes, slowly, and even that managed to hurt.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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




پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Biancadi said…
Ok this is from TBotL with Cece

Before Cecelia Maybeck knew it, her life turned upside down.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک 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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