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it's true, i'm a thief. i stole this from ALL the people.
post the first sentence (or three) from every wip you're currently working on, even if it's very short. then invite people to ask questions about your wips. with any luck, the motivation to take that wip one step closer to completion will appear as if by magic!
also, i posted random sentences not just the first ones because i am a rebel!
1) love your ground (caprica, clarice/amanda)
Ten years after the Centurions disappear Amanda Graystone sits in a rocking chair on her balcony and watches the sun set over the water, still and clear as glass. She cradles a tumbler of ambrosia (a vice, even after all these years) and wonders how many things in the universe had to line up just right for all of this to have happened. She wonders if things would have shifted even a fraction in the opposite direction if she hadn’t, if they hadn’t-
2) untitled (sanctuary, helen/charlotte)
“I don’t know anything about monsters,” Charlotte said. “I know a lot about lemurs though.”
“Mmm,” Helen hummed, moved to prop herself up on an elbow. Looked into Charlotte’s dark eyes. “A fact I find delightful.”
3) untitled (sanctuary, helen/will)
“Timing,” he mumbles, and she’s seen him before like this but context is important. The other times it was labs that smelt like disinfectant and right now it’s just soft light and no pretext between them.
“Impeccable timing,” she agrees, and he feels like he walked right into that one.
4) just enough (sanctuary, helen/will)
Even after they got home, they didn’t talk about Carentan.
So yes. They both knew exactly what this was about.
5) untitled (sanctuary, helen, james, will, probably a lot of combinations thereof)
“He’s very insightful,” Magnus says. “He brings a skillset that the Sanctuary has needed rather desperately for a long time now.”
James laughs. “Oh yes,” he says, teasingly. “A viewpoint that isn’t your own.”
6) untitled, (leverage, sophie/eliot)
“I like this part,” he says quietly. She takes another swig of his beer and raises her brow.
“The part where you’re you again,” he tells her.
7) untitled (leverage, nate/sophie post-san lorenzo)
“No seriously, worst bloody idea we’ve ever had, and I’ve not forgotten the time we tried to convince Eliot into a dress and a rendition of Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves for that mark with a drag queen fetish.”
“I don’t think any of us have forgotten that time, Soph.”
“Yeah well,” and that was definitely (finally) his thumb tracing the inner curve of her thigh, and that was definitely his stubble rough against her palm as she cupped his face to kiss him again. “This is still worse.”
8) untitled (leverage, parker, parker/hardison)
There was this one time, in elementary school, where Mrs. Kline told her that she’d do something incredible with her life.
There was this other time that she kissed Hardison outside a vault because she thought it’d be a good distraction.
It was a good distraction.
9) untitled (leverage, sophie backstory)
Back when Sophie Devereaux wasn’t Sophie Devereaux, when she was young and relatively normal and had no idea how to pick a pocket or scam a billionaire out of millions of dollars worth of classic artwork, she fell in love with all the wrong people.
10) tempted (leverage, nate/sophie alternate backstory)
Tuscany was really just foreplay for Paris.
11) untitled (the west wing, amy/josh/donna)
There’s always a solution to ease tension and that solution almost always begins with a bottle of Stoli and a bad idea.
12) untitled (harry potter, minerva, albus, past minerva/riddle -- someday this maybe will be a gift for a_newheart4xmas)
“My poor girl,” Dumbledore whispered.
“It’s not going to be a problem, Albus,” she said calmly a moment later. At last, her eyes rounded to his. She didn’t blink. “I’ve chosen my side.”
13) untitled (missparker & I's rpf novel, tapping/dunne)
They drove and drove and when they finally got out of the car again it was 3 AM and Vancouver was laid out before them in a gorgeous tapestry of light. The harbor was dark and comforting and she couldn’t help feeling that it was kind of romantic, in an adolescent, carefree kind of way.
and there are probably more sweet, sweet lord jesus. never gonna finish even half of these probably. WELL THAT WAS FUN
post the first sentence (or three) from every wip you're currently working on, even if it's very short. then invite people to ask questions about your wips. with any luck, the motivation to take that wip one step closer to completion will appear as if by magic!
also, i posted random sentences not just the first ones because i am a rebel!
1) love your ground (caprica, clarice/amanda)
Ten years after the Centurions disappear Amanda Graystone sits in a rocking chair on her balcony and watches the sun set over the water, still and clear as glass. She cradles a tumbler of ambrosia (a vice, even after all these years) and wonders how many things in the universe had to line up just right for all of this to have happened. She wonders if things would have shifted even a fraction in the opposite direction if she hadn’t, if they hadn’t-
2) untitled (sanctuary, helen/charlotte)
“I don’t know anything about monsters,” Charlotte said. “I know a lot about lemurs though.”
“Mmm,” Helen hummed, moved to prop herself up on an elbow. Looked into Charlotte’s dark eyes. “A fact I find delightful.”
3) untitled (sanctuary, helen/will)
“Timing,” he mumbles, and she’s seen him before like this but context is important. The other times it was labs that smelt like disinfectant and right now it’s just soft light and no pretext between them.
“Impeccable timing,” she agrees, and he feels like he walked right into that one.
4) just enough (sanctuary, helen/will)
Even after they got home, they didn’t talk about Carentan.
So yes. They both knew exactly what this was about.
5) untitled (sanctuary, helen, james, will, probably a lot of combinations thereof)
“He’s very insightful,” Magnus says. “He brings a skillset that the Sanctuary has needed rather desperately for a long time now.”
James laughs. “Oh yes,” he says, teasingly. “A viewpoint that isn’t your own.”
6) untitled, (leverage, sophie/eliot)
“I like this part,” he says quietly. She takes another swig of his beer and raises her brow.
“The part where you’re you again,” he tells her.
7) untitled (leverage, nate/sophie post-san lorenzo)
“No seriously, worst bloody idea we’ve ever had, and I’ve not forgotten the time we tried to convince Eliot into a dress and a rendition of Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves for that mark with a drag queen fetish.”
“I don’t think any of us have forgotten that time, Soph.”
“Yeah well,” and that was definitely (finally) his thumb tracing the inner curve of her thigh, and that was definitely his stubble rough against her palm as she cupped his face to kiss him again. “This is still worse.”
8) untitled (leverage, parker, parker/hardison)
There was this one time, in elementary school, where Mrs. Kline told her that she’d do something incredible with her life.
There was this other time that she kissed Hardison outside a vault because she thought it’d be a good distraction.
It was a good distraction.
9) untitled (leverage, sophie backstory)
Back when Sophie Devereaux wasn’t Sophie Devereaux, when she was young and relatively normal and had no idea how to pick a pocket or scam a billionaire out of millions of dollars worth of classic artwork, she fell in love with all the wrong people.
10) tempted (leverage, nate/sophie alternate backstory)
Tuscany was really just foreplay for Paris.
11) untitled (the west wing, amy/josh/donna)
There’s always a solution to ease tension and that solution almost always begins with a bottle of Stoli and a bad idea.
12) untitled (harry potter, minerva, albus, past minerva/riddle -- someday this maybe will be a gift for a_newheart4xmas)
“My poor girl,” Dumbledore whispered.
“It’s not going to be a problem, Albus,” she said calmly a moment later. At last, her eyes rounded to his. She didn’t blink. “I’ve chosen my side.”
13) untitled (missparker & I's rpf novel, tapping/dunne)
They drove and drove and when they finally got out of the car again it was 3 AM and Vancouver was laid out before them in a gorgeous tapestry of light. The harbor was dark and comforting and she couldn’t help feeling that it was kind of romantic, in an adolescent, carefree kind of way.
and there are probably more sweet, sweet lord jesus. never gonna finish even half of these probably. WELL THAT WAS FUN