Meme - 25 opening lines
Saw this and had to try. These aren't all posted, but there are links to the ones that are. Just click the numbers.
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Take the first lines from your twenty-five most recent fics, and see if there are any patterns.
1. One hand rested lightly at the small of Renee's back, the other cradling the base of her skull. My fingers were tangled in the thick satin weight of her hair, grounding me in the physical as I breathed in her scent.
2. Yes, it was frivolous, and yes, he'd paid twice what he should've. Irvine never was very good at resisting temptation.
3. "Oh, Hyne," Irvine groaned into the pillow. "Yeah, babe, right there. That is soooo good."
4. He just couldn't not stop and watch.
5. “Jentin?”
6. She knows she's dying, and her heart speeds up a fraction when she thinks it might be now.
7. It's never easy telling people what they need to know.
8. "What??"
9. Clutching his hair, trying to pull it away from his temples, the child whimpered as tears ran down his cheeks.
10. Fish ... Again ... I was never overly fond of fish myself.
11. Feet dangling into open sky, hands holding her hair up off her neck to allow the breeze, the only thing that felt real was the ledge she sat on.
12. Once upon a time ... No, this isn't that kind of story, in spite of how it started.
13. I looked up at Christian and tried not to grin like an idiot.
14. “Are you the healer around here?”
15. “What are you doing?” Temri laughed, batting away the scarf.
16. “DADDY!”
17. “Just hold still, Amity. It'll be okay.”
18. “I'm sorry, sir, but now is not good."
19. It wasn't right.
20. If you wanted to get anywhere, he remembered, things had to be done with style.
21. I don't remember the first time I killed someone.
22. At the sound of the doorknob turning, I froze.
23. "You stay here. I got it."
24. A touch of fear, properly applied, was exactly what he'd craved, and the man before him was an expert.
25. Funny how if you live long enough you'll find an exception to everything, even rules handed down by the gods.
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What I see -
1 - Even my quiet characters talk too much.
2 - I need to write more. Some of these are old.
3 - There's a lot of fanfiction here ... 11 out of 25.
I'm willing to hear what anybody else sees here.
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Take the first lines from your twenty-five most recent fics, and see if there are any patterns.
1. One hand rested lightly at the small of Renee's back, the other cradling the base of her skull. My fingers were tangled in the thick satin weight of her hair, grounding me in the physical as I breathed in her scent.
2. Yes, it was frivolous, and yes, he'd paid twice what he should've. Irvine never was very good at resisting temptation.
3. "Oh, Hyne," Irvine groaned into the pillow. "Yeah, babe, right there. That is soooo good."
4. He just couldn't not stop and watch.
5. “Jentin?”
6. She knows she's dying, and her heart speeds up a fraction when she thinks it might be now.
7. It's never easy telling people what they need to know.
8. "What??"
9. Clutching his hair, trying to pull it away from his temples, the child whimpered as tears ran down his cheeks.
10. Fish ... Again ... I was never overly fond of fish myself.
11. Feet dangling into open sky, hands holding her hair up off her neck to allow the breeze, the only thing that felt real was the ledge she sat on.
12. Once upon a time ... No, this isn't that kind of story, in spite of how it started.
13. I looked up at Christian and tried not to grin like an idiot.
14. “Are you the healer around here?”
15. “What are you doing?” Temri laughed, batting away the scarf.
16. “DADDY!”
17. “Just hold still, Amity. It'll be okay.”
18. “I'm sorry, sir, but now is not good."
19. It wasn't right.
20. If you wanted to get anywhere, he remembered, things had to be done with style.
21. I don't remember the first time I killed someone.
22. At the sound of the doorknob turning, I froze.
23. "You stay here. I got it."
24. A touch of fear, properly applied, was exactly what he'd craved, and the man before him was an expert.
25. Funny how if you live long enough you'll find an exception to everything, even rules handed down by the gods.
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What I see -
1 - Even my quiet characters talk too much.
2 - I need to write more. Some of these are old.
3 - There's a lot of fanfiction here ... 11 out of 25.
I'm willing to hear what anybody else sees here.