Opening paragraph
SO - we all can acknowledge the fact that I am a sucky writer, I think. With that in mind, I'm writing for NaNoWriMo anyway. And in the spirit of "I like you all . . .no, really . . .why would you think I'm lying to you?", I have chosen to inflict upon share with you my opening paragraph. The rest of the novel (currently only about 535 words long) is hiding on another journal somewhere on LJ. If you find it, you win the fabulous prize of a blow to the 'ead and a kick to the teeth.
So, without further ado: the opening paragraph to the Novel
With No Discernable Plot!!
"It was altogether too cold. And, while no one could say that at this time of the morning it was too dark, there was something amiss that the dark seemed to make more obvious. Beside Rose in the bed, her husband slumbered on, blissfully unaware of his wife's wakeful fidgeting. Rose threw back the covers and stepped onto the hardwood floor; it felt like ice beneath her feet, and most of body cramped and shivered in sympathy for her abused toes. Swearing under her breath in a manner that would have shocked most of her ladies into swoons, she made her way around the bed and into the solar, where she stood, listening for some clue as to what had awakened her so early."
So, without further ado: the opening paragraph to the Novel
With No Discernable Plot!!
"It was altogether too cold. And, while no one could say that at this time of the morning it was too dark, there was something amiss that the dark seemed to make more obvious. Beside Rose in the bed, her husband slumbered on, blissfully unaware of his wife's wakeful fidgeting. Rose threw back the covers and stepped onto the hardwood floor; it felt like ice beneath her feet, and most of body cramped and shivered in sympathy for her abused toes. Swearing under her breath in a manner that would have shocked most of her ladies into swoons, she made her way around the bed and into the solar, where she stood, listening for some clue as to what had awakened her so early."