lines from unwritten stories

[hermetic]

There's a meme going around that I quite like, and that I posted to Facebook to some success. Naturally, I'd like to see what you all will do with it, my darlings.

Tell me about a story I haven’t written, and I’ll give you one sentence from that story.

(I may, in fact, give you more than one.)

Comments

[towersofgrey]

You know I always loved your story about the boy who bargained with the forest's shadow.

[hermetic]

"What will it cost?" Gwillem asked, tea-brown hands pressed against his temples, a vain effort to contain a multitude of emotions.

Your heart, your heart, your heart. The oak leaves rustled their reply, shadows swimming across the forest's floor.

"Fair enough." He didn't say how little use he had for it.

[towersofgrey]

Oh, I just want it to keep going. Thanks for this, it's beautiful.

[hermetic]

One of the best things about this exercise is all the sparks the lines I've written have given off. It's like the Fourth of July inside my head. I'm pretty sure a few are going to catch fire.

Once I'm done with finals, anyway.

[hermetic]

Also: Thanks!