Meme Warning!

[bogwitch]

I finally had time to have a go at the 20 first lines meme that's spreading like virulent infection.

There's a bit of guess the fandom, plus a few unfinished works I have yet to show the world...

Comments

[quinara]

Oh, some of these are lovely! 8, 16, and 19 in particular are extremely pretty, and I really like 12 - if it's Buffyverse it's very Buffyverse: the mundane supernatural.

You know, I was reading The Heartstone again the other day - it was a lot of fun!

[bogwitch]

I think 16 and 19 are a little clunky actually, they could be better.

Thanks. I read it occessionally too. I like it more than the WIP to be honest. I was thinking only last night about indulging myself and writing Zelda's story.

[quinara]

Hmm... I may have squished 'the bustle of the villa' to just 'the villa' as I read it, but I love the image. 'Dim light of a darkened room' is a wonderful phrase.

I'm still waiting to see where your WIP's going to go - currently it feels a bit like I'm reading a big chunky paperback on the sofa, but have to get up between each chapter to get a cup of tea, which chops it up somewhat. It's hard to get a handle on.

Zelda's story could be cool!

[bogwitch]

If I hadn't rushed it, I might have clipped that too.

Yeah, it's my problem too. I finish a chapter, then I have to remind myself where I'm going with it. I'm never writing anything of such proportions as a WIP again. Chapter 26 is back from beta though. With a plot flaw. Hmmm.

Zelda's story has yuckky sacrifice, demon-sex, the occult and menacing of the countryside. Good stuff.

[myfeetshowit]

First lines are very important. You do 'em good.

[bogwitch]

I should hopeso, the amount of time I've spent on them. Last lines would be more revealing maybe...

[myfeetshowit]

I think last lines are much harder than first lines, although first lines have to sell the story.

But last lines have to make sense of it all.