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 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:21 pm
The best way to hook an audience is an awesome first line. What are some of your best ones? How do you keep them interesting? How long do you worry about it? Discuss that here!
I think my best ones are:
The first thing I noticed about my brother was the smell.
I can see heads turning as I walk into school wearing girls' clothes.
When the child was born, the world rejoiced.
The other best opening I've done is a dialogue of siblings insulting each other.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:15 am
I actually think that it's the whole first paragraph that matters more than that initial first line. Unless you're writing poetry and then it's usually the first line that I use to catch attention.
To answer your other question, my two favorite first lines I've used are:
"The winter breeze greeted his face as he opened the school doors, upon which his nostrils were assailed by the smell of cigarette smoke drifting peacefully from the smokers' corner a block off the school campus."
There there is this line which I used to start a short story, the line later inspired me to write a poem with basically the same line.
"Burnt out lights like broken lamp posts lined the glass scattered streets of downtown, almost as if it beckoned the darkness to come."
The start of the poem was:
"Burnt out lights like broken lamp posts
Lining the glass scattered streets of downtown"
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:08 pm
Currently, my favourite first line is in the project I'm working on
"Can I just make it clear that this a story in which I am not a part of."
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:45 pm
I had a fun first line, but never did anything with it:
"You know," Tara Simmons said, flipping her silky blonde hair over her shoulder. "If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to flirt with me."
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:10 pm
Whenever I'm writing an essay for school, I save the first couple lines for last. It's always difficult for me to find an attention getter that is not only creative but also stays relevant to the topic.
On the rare occasion that my assignment requires creativity...
"The sun was just beginning to peak over the roof of the training facility, cloaking the land in its yellow glow. The world stood silent while the class rose, hands to their hearts, in unspoken gratification towards the power that kept humanity at peace. " crap.
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