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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:26 PM Original message |
Write the first and last lines to your novel |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'll play along. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. First: It was a dark and stormy night. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. OK, I'll do it. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Okay, reluctantly. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. A story |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. hmmm... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. First line: It was a dark and stormy night. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. You could set the sequel in a college town... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Same last line, though! |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. First line: "I grew up in a small town called the U.S. Army." |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Fun little exercise |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. First: "The first time I kicked her in her smug fucking face was a universe-sized catharsis" |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Oh, wait - you said "novel". I thought you said "memoir". |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Beautiful! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. "For Whom's the Tollbooth Belle?" |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Okay: |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. ok, this is fun |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If you can read this.... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I started to |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. OK |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. First: "Fuck! Fuck Yeah! Ain't no hooves on this bitch!: |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. cheers. |
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mak3cats (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. First: “Hi, my name’s Lauren. Wanna meet my gerbil?” |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Here's the first: |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Matt and Cyndie in my life were married in Las Vegas last Saturday! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. The adventure of his life began with a drive to the coast... |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. OK, you win |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'll bite. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here's mine... |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Somebody fill in the middle and we'll be writing team. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. My Uncle Leonard was a hermit that lived alone in the deep woods his whole life. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. The sun rose hot over the tent I had pitched the night before |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to Barney." |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. "You always wonder how it's going to end. |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Here you go: |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. "I woke up, face down, on the bar......... |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. Excerpts from "Stage left love-life of a rocker wife" |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. First line: She remembered how the creek ran red with blood. |
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