Five openings writing meme
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anghara.
Come up with five opening lines for books you never intend to write. Use different techniques and try out different genres than you usually would. Just make them as interesting and compelling in one line as you can.
Why do some individuals succeed time after time when others, embarking on projects no more risky, fail dismally?
- Literary fiction.
I have a cat who thinks she's a mouse—and in a way she is. I keep her in a cage to protect her from reality.
- Body-swap comedy
I was lying in a burned out factory, my arms wrapped around my pack, a sharpened stake in my hand.
- Post apocalyptic vampire SF crossover
"I love the Autumn," said a quiet voice from inside the rolled up collar of a cheap, jade-green anorak.
- Romance
"Dilly? Jan. I've got that recipe you wanted... Oh, not now, Maisie love, I'm on the phone to Auntie Dilly... Sorry Dilly, have you got a pen? Right. Two hundred grams of... Harry, leave the cat alone. Sorry, Dilly, try again--two hundred grams of plain flour and a hundred grams of... Maisie, put Harry down! Sugar, Dilly, two hundr--no--one hundred grams, sorry. Butter... Maisie just leave the cat... No it wasn't Harry's fault. Oh, well, I warned you. Sorry, Dilly, I'll call you back after the kids are in bed. Got to get the first aid kit."
- Heartwarming family story.
anghara.Come up with five opening lines for books you never intend to write. Use different techniques and try out different genres than you usually would. Just make them as interesting and compelling in one line as you can.
Why do some individuals succeed time after time when others, embarking on projects no more risky, fail dismally?
- Literary fiction.
I have a cat who thinks she's a mouse—and in a way she is. I keep her in a cage to protect her from reality.
- Body-swap comedy
I was lying in a burned out factory, my arms wrapped around my pack, a sharpened stake in my hand.
- Post apocalyptic vampire SF crossover
"I love the Autumn," said a quiet voice from inside the rolled up collar of a cheap, jade-green anorak.
- Romance
"Dilly? Jan. I've got that recipe you wanted... Oh, not now, Maisie love, I'm on the phone to Auntie Dilly... Sorry Dilly, have you got a pen? Right. Two hundred grams of... Harry, leave the cat alone. Sorry, Dilly, try again--two hundred grams of plain flour and a hundred grams of... Maisie, put Harry down! Sugar, Dilly, two hundr--no--one hundred grams, sorry. Butter... Maisie just leave the cat... No it wasn't Harry's fault. Oh, well, I warned you. Sorry, Dilly, I'll call you back after the kids are in bed. Got to get the first aid kit."
- Heartwarming family story.
