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First Line Game

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

Uh uh uh tagging anyone!!! Go u

Yes I just noticed this even tho you tagged me 27 days ago,, sue me 

here’s for stories I havent posted yet bc i think thats more interesting: 

1. The poor boy was pressed up against the muddy wall. His limbs were contorted strangely of his own volition, attempting to make himself seem smaller than he was as he curled away from her. His two wandering, glazed eyes barely peeked out between the folds of his arms, plagued with fierce terror and uncertainty. — quaternary structure

2. Wind, coarse, harsh and cold, whips at his clothes and hair and bites fiercely at his exposed face. It howls and whistles in his ears, pulling and yanking him aimlessly across the barren terrain. His eyes burn and ache from dryness as towering, sweeping clouds of dust and snow circle and billow around him like giant spirits swept away in a storm. Glaring flashes of lightning illuminate the outlines of the swirling haze, accompanied by hollow booms that tremble the sky. — pineal body*

3. Breaking his leg was the final straw. — idk royal duo holders au title here 

4. Maiko was twenty-three when the time finally came. — parallels

5. The first thing that appears on Chousen’s skin from his soulmate is a small ‘dumbass’ written in neat, slanted letters. — Smudges

6. Uraraka’s parents are chronic liars. — Uncanney Valley*

here’s for stories i already posted:

7. Second will never be what First wants, but he tries his best. — Meticulously 

8. Remember, Izuku, that the crown weighs heavy on a head full of stolen ideals. — Crown of Ink

9. Ren Akamine absentmindedly placed a water bottle on the girl’s desk. Hers was beside his own, but despite the close proximity as classmates, they hadn’t spoken a word to one another the entire year. — Vitamin Window

10. “I’d like one scoop of mint chocolate chip in a bowl, please.” — ripen the plucked days 

11. Izuku is sitting ram-rod straight in the courtroom as he listens to the prosecutor, who paces back and forth in the courtroom. His words are powerful and cutting. It booms. It echoes. It rings and follows back to Izuku. Standing next to Izuku is the translator, who quietly repeats everything the prosecutor says. — Frame of Reference 

12. It wasn’t meant to happen. — Insecurities of the Body 

13. “Does it ever get annoying?” — Rose Quartz

14. Seiya hated speaking Spanish. Maiko and he weren’t always on the best of terms, and as he stood there, hands on his hips, in the middle of who-fucking-knows-where in Brazil, he was starting to feel the edge of his distaste for her more and more. — Two Daisies

15. Izuku only had to wait for five more minutes. — Dandelion

16. He’s hiding in the dark, cramped space, folded into himself and silent. — Instincts of a Hollow Chest* 

17. “You? You’re the famous villain everyone’s talking about recently? A little twig like you?” — Safe Space 

18. Izuku does not have friends, but the man who sits on the bench with him every day is nice. — Imaginary 

19. He was found by a man with dark hair and yellow eyes. — Indefinite

20. Perhaps it was the predisposition of Nedzu’s character to seek out what shouldn’t have been his affairs, but he was undeniably interested in harboring a discussion with the peculiar man. — lol no this is on my second account good luck finding it <3 

pineal body, instincts of a hollow chest, and I think uncanny valley are my favorites (i couldnt pick one oops). they each represent the core of the main three styles i usually attempt in my openings. 

I tend to go with pretty snappy and short first lines that get straight to the point. I don’t really like opening with narration or rambles or character introspection—you’ve just met the characters, and often I don’t care about their situation enough to sympathize that well. After reading so many fics that start off with the ‘the world is cruel’ monologue i try to stay away from it. Starting off with a simple event or object or trait that someone can clearly visualize and relate to is something I prefer to jump off of. 

I’m the belief that if the crux of the beginning of somone’s fic is 1) the beginning narration of canon (like the ‘world is not equal’ dialogue from BNHA) or 2) relies too much on the character explaining their suffering, that’s what the rest of the story will stick to—canon and melodramatic telling instead of showing. its a fifty fifty chance (on a good day) whether or not im proven wrong, but there are so many ways to start off a story and its always exciting to get a strong beginning.