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Because I need to forcibly remove my brain from the headspace that is UGH TECH IN TWO DAYS OPENING NIGHT IN EIGHT I HATE EVERYONE (see: the life cycles of a theater stage manager), first lines meme! Yoinked from several people, most recently pocky_slash.
The last twenty-one first lines I've written in fanfic, from oldest to newest because whatever. And let's tack on an Ask Me Anything! note to this one, because, again, I am in need of distraction.
21. "Name?"
20. The first time Arthur encounters Cobb in a dream, he crashes his manufactured jeep into a concrete barrier.
19. Frankly, as brawls went, it was nothing to write home about.
18. It first happens shortly before Bernard's arrival and all the nonsense that ensued, in the small hours just before dawn.
17. The ghosts never appeared to Tosh as anyone she knew personally.
16. It's a pretty nice car.
15. When they return to Virginia with Angel -- their first successful recruit -- they find the FBI waiting for them.
14. When the others all joked around about code names -- seriously, Havok? -- she told them her stage name was Angel.
13. They meet late at night, among the little waterfalls that mark the FDR Memorial.
12. Erik is standing alone on a narrow country lane, slowly drowning.
11. It's not like she planned it.
10. It was 5:30 PM on a Tuesday and Game 7 of the American League Championship Series wouldn't start for another two hours.
9. For Charles, visiting New York City is a bit like getting high.
8. "We need to find an expert on genetic mutation," Moira had said, and Levene had rolled his eyes and said, "Christ, you're starting to sound like that weirdo who sits in on all of McCone's meetings," and that was how Moira wound up in Langley's shitty canteen with both the weirdo who sat in on all of the Director's meetings and his personal aide.
7. You will be my salvation, the wicked Queen told her once in the snow, greedy fingers grasping for her heart; Snow White remembers the shocked relief in Ravenna's eyes as she withered to dust, and thinks perhaps she had been right.
6. The helicopter buzzed overhead like an overgrown wasp, slender and aggressive.
5. "I want to learn how to shoot a gun," Raven announced.
4. Five minutes before rehearsal began, Charles's assistant stage manager had already threatened their leading man with a sexual harassment suit twice.
3. It wouldn't have been so bad, really, if it had just been Dakin with Scripps at the pub that night.
2. When Amy blinks, the cemetery around her becomes a chilly autumn night in Central Park.
1. Raven is dreaming of a casino.
...so my first lines are all either very matter-of-fact, or rambly and silly. Okay then. And I can tell at once from the first line whether the fic as a whole is going to have a strong narrative voice or not. So that happens. Again from the meme: if you want to ask me about any of these, I'll talk about how I came up with it/ why I wrote it that way. If I remember!
I DON'T WANNA BE IN TECH. UGH.
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The last twenty-one first lines I've written in fanfic, from oldest to newest because whatever. And let's tack on an Ask Me Anything! note to this one, because, again, I am in need of distraction.
21. "Name?"
20. The first time Arthur encounters Cobb in a dream, he crashes his manufactured jeep into a concrete barrier.
19. Frankly, as brawls went, it was nothing to write home about.
18. It first happens shortly before Bernard's arrival and all the nonsense that ensued, in the small hours just before dawn.
17. The ghosts never appeared to Tosh as anyone she knew personally.
16. It's a pretty nice car.
15. When they return to Virginia with Angel -- their first successful recruit -- they find the FBI waiting for them.
14. When the others all joked around about code names -- seriously, Havok? -- she told them her stage name was Angel.
13. They meet late at night, among the little waterfalls that mark the FDR Memorial.
12. Erik is standing alone on a narrow country lane, slowly drowning.
11. It's not like she planned it.
10. It was 5:30 PM on a Tuesday and Game 7 of the American League Championship Series wouldn't start for another two hours.
9. For Charles, visiting New York City is a bit like getting high.
8. "We need to find an expert on genetic mutation," Moira had said, and Levene had rolled his eyes and said, "Christ, you're starting to sound like that weirdo who sits in on all of McCone's meetings," and that was how Moira wound up in Langley's shitty canteen with both the weirdo who sat in on all of the Director's meetings and his personal aide.
7. You will be my salvation, the wicked Queen told her once in the snow, greedy fingers grasping for her heart; Snow White remembers the shocked relief in Ravenna's eyes as she withered to dust, and thinks perhaps she had been right.
6. The helicopter buzzed overhead like an overgrown wasp, slender and aggressive.
5. "I want to learn how to shoot a gun," Raven announced.
4. Five minutes before rehearsal began, Charles's assistant stage manager had already threatened their leading man with a sexual harassment suit twice.
3. It wouldn't have been so bad, really, if it had just been Dakin with Scripps at the pub that night.
2. When Amy blinks, the cemetery around her becomes a chilly autumn night in Central Park.
1. Raven is dreaming of a casino.
...so my first lines are all either very matter-of-fact, or rambly and silly. Okay then. And I can tell at once from the first line whether the fic as a whole is going to have a strong narrative voice or not. So that happens. Again from the meme: if you want to ask me about any of these, I'll talk about how I came up with it/ why I wrote it that way. If I remember!
I DON'T WANNA BE IN TECH. UGH.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth. Comment wherever you'd like.