Give me your best first line!
Rules:
Enter as many times as you'd like.
Please give me first lines ONLY, NOT first chapters. This means FIVE SENTENCES OR LESS. Shorter may well be better. :-)
It doesn't matter if you have the story finished somewhere or not. I only want creative first lines that make me wonder what's going to happen next.
There, that sounds simple enough. :-) Now get out there and write!
Rules:
Enter as many times as you'd like.
Please give me first lines ONLY, NOT first chapters. This means FIVE SENTENCES OR LESS. Shorter may well be better. :-)
It doesn't matter if you have the story finished somewhere or not. I only want creative first lines that make me wonder what's going to happen next.
There, that sounds simple enough. :-) Now get out there and write!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 30, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 100, Silver: 75, Bronze: 25, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Wow! There were many, many excellent openings entered into this contest. The winners were selected for originality and how well the lines drew in the reader: specific details and a good tone was really the thing that attracted me to them. Still, everyone's work was excellent, and I'd love to read the stories that follow every one of these openings!
Thanks everyone for entering and being so patient with the judging! I hope to see you all in another contest soon!
~Bitter Irony
Contest Winners
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Once you're engaged, there's very few things you can do to excite you. You feel locked, the key thrown away. You'll never again feel the freedom and flutter of love, you'll never again feel the right to talk and breathe on yo• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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He counted the mile markers along the interstate to relieve the boredom of the long drive. It somehow seemed funny that he could be bored, knowing that in a few hours he’d be dead.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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I've never been a big fan of surprises. Surprise parties scare me and every time my boyfriend says "I have a surprise for you' all I can envision is my ultimate demise. I think it was my subconcious warning me.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [56]
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For the contest First Linesby artemis the hunter <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 11 6:05 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Sometimes an apple rots.• Commented on by judge.
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I didn’t think that I would ever become a serial killer, but then again, I never thought I’d become an ex murderer and look where I am now. I have been killing for my whole life!by caitlinstephanie <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 11 8:34 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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It was midnight on Beltane when I completed my task. The corpse was a fine specimen. Except, of course, for that nasty little condition heby Decadent Anomaly <100 words, 2 comments, on Nov 12 1:18 AM 2007. In• Commented on by judge.
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My name is Cassandra Magdalaina de Vizzenie and I am the Scion of the Gods.by HandsyMalone <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 12 8:51 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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We all live in two worlds.by slashinguk <100 words, 3 comments, on Nov 12 10:35 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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by Token Massacre 100 words, 4 comments, on Nov 12 1:09 PM 2007. In Contest entry• Commented on by judge.
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She was the kind of woman who put salt and pepper on everything except her PB&J sandwiches. She had never read a book all the way through and washed all her clothes inside out.by infamous-alyssa <100 words, 2 comments, on Nov 12 4:09 PM 2007. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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Hmmmm... My second entry in this contest, what do you think?
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by Springs <100 words, 5 comments, on Nov 13 9:15 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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by Springs <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 13 9:21 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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by Springs <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 13 9:24 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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by Springs <100 words, 3 comments, on Nov 13 9:28 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Sometimes the line between being perfectly angelic and being Satan's favorite minion is a very thin one. I'm not quite sure on which side o• Commented on by judge.
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Destiny never made a mistake before. Sure, it did a lot of stuff we didn't like, but it never made a mistake. I was its first.by BladedSilence <100 words, 2 comments, on Nov 13 7:18 PM 2007. In Other?• Commented on by judge.
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1 / No one knew about his sister. David thought by keeping her a secret, she would be safe. He was wrong.by whichcraft <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 14 9:30 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Third person• Commented on by judge.
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When did the bitter tears start to fall? It seemed to him as though it had all begun so long ago, back when he smiled; back when he had loved her. As he stared into the horizon, he thought about life, and love, and eternity a• Commented on by judge.
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He was the greatest masterpiece,and a mockery for god,all at the same time.by fierra <100 words, 5 comments, on Nov 18 2:34 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Every living creature worship him,hate him,envy him,love him,loath him.An exquisite creature,whose graceful gesture,and elegent manners,beutified with a perfect,boyish face.by fierra <100 words, 5 comments, on Nov 18 2:52 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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He walks his life among us,breathing in our hate and demise of him,exhaling only his utmost well-wishes for us,which we quickly steal,and shatter.He feels only pain and still protects our sound minds with his life.But now,heby Ninja Bubble <100 words, 6 comments, on Nov 19 10:37 PM 2007. In ?• Commented on by judge.
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A response to the First Lines contest.• Commented on by judge.
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by samix017 <100 words, 3 comments, on Nov 21 1:45 PM 2007. In Depression, Fantasy, Love, Romance, Young adult• Commented on by judge.
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Good, clean, classy anarchyby Jared Head <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 21 6:37 PM 2007. In Contest, First person, Humor, Novel, War• Commented on by judge.
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What are memories but the past imprinted in our minds? I guess I shall never know. I just don't remember.by Miss Fang <100 words, 3 comments, on Nov 23 6:43 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Usually I could tell this stuff was coming. I would see it in my dreams. I mean, I knew i was going to die but I didn't think it would be sby xMomo <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 23 2:57 PM 2007. In• Commented on by judge.
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A sleek silver star fighter appeared in space speeding away from the dark planet Romuh. Thinking the escape was a success, the young pilotby littlebluebird1 100 words, 2 comments, on Nov 23 11:21 PM 2007. In Science fiction• Commented on by judge.
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The crimson rose wilted as she clentched it gently with her frozen fingers, the petals slowly fell to her feet, each one. Her soaked hair hid her pale porcealian looking face, hid her bloodshot eyes, hid the fear her face exp• Commented on by judge.
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-DIE IN HELL MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!1 / -Johny, what do you think you're doing?!2 / -What? Don't you just sometimes get this irresistible temptation of shouting out somethby summerlov3 <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 24 9:35 PM 2007. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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There is no world around me, but a thick layer of fog lies in the air. I cannot see, for I am blinded by the feel of fire and smoke in my eyes. It is so foggy that it feels as if I am blind, but I am not, for I can see the fo• Commented on by judge.
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Comments
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Hey, this is an AMAZING contest!
Does it ave to be one of a story we've written, or can it be a new first line?
And can it be the first line of a poem, if it makes sense like a story's would?
Even if those are both nos, I'm entering!
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"It doesn't matter if you have the story finished somewhere or not."
Just write a first line. I don't care if it has a story, a poem, a movie, a play, an opera, or none of the above attatched to it. I'd prefer if it was completely new, but if it's from something you've already written that you're especially proud of, go ahead and enter it.
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''Enter as many times as you'd like.''
-enters seventy times-
-waits to get the trophy-
I will win by default xD
I'm like, entering lots @.@
I have no morals.
It is true.
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