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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
Ended August 6, 2017 • 181 Entries • Created by desmondwrite
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sandflea68
191 reads

Thursday

Wednesday was missing, buried deeply within his subconscious; he racked his brain for the logic, certain that it must be significant as he noticed the deep purple bruises blemishing his skin and the coagulated blood beneath his fingernails.

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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TaiSensei
160 reads

Breaking all Boundaries

Okay listen carefully, there is a character in this book who is trying to kill you, and yes by 'you' I mean the reader, but don't worry, I'm going to help you survive this; I was once on your side of the page after all. 

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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Everwood
88 reads

(is this thing on?)

Well, okay, look, I know that books need to start with a great line, but why can't I just talk about my parrot?

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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RD_Holden
152 reads

With stylish eyes that spoke like Jazz-Blues, Ellis swayed through the bar scene with a cold-noir vibe following behind him as he made his move to her. His smile was a work of artistic perfection; designed and calculated to lure hearts into cages, into traps...

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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ZoeT
172 reads

Never...

"Never trust handsome men, Merideth," my mother gasped, clutching my hand tightly. "You don't know..." Beeeeeeep. The words died on her lips, and my mother's hand went limp in mine.

She'd been labeled as insane...

So when the suave, debonair gentleman dressed in black arrived at my doorstep, I trusted.

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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Acadec56
152 reads

return

When the ice catches fire, and the earth begins to bleed, the dead one will return.

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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AriaJ
155 reads

The Genesis

When your world splits in two and you’re left with the demarcation of before and after, you find yourself torn between wishing for what was (even if it was mostly a lie), and scared spitless of what is.

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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HisGreenInk
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Star

I never intended to journey to the stars, only the darkness beyond; the stars were just in the way.

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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valossatahti
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A Fearful Attempt to Start

My greatest struggle in writing about this story is my lack of courage to start.

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Famous First Words: Write a great opening line to a novel.
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Mandirigma
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Untitled Book Opening

One day, despite our countless efforts, we will all return to the stardust from which we came. The time will come, and our civilizations, built from scratch, will crumble into nothingness, forgotten. But today is not that day because I just got a Happy Meal from McDonalds.

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