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Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:26 pm
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lyrical_sunshine says...



Here are the rules: Post the first sentence of your novel. The next person to post will rate your sentence on a scale of 1 to 10 and then post the first line of their own novel. And on and on it goes. :D

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There was another dead calf in the pasture that morning.
“We’re still here,” he says, his voice cold, his hands shaking. “We know how to be invisible, how to play dead. But at the end of the day, we are still here.” ~Dax

Teacher: "What do we do with adjectives in Spanish?"
S: "We eat them!"
  





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Carlito says...



Good idea! :)


8.5

It grabs attention, you want to read at least to the end of the paragraph, but I don't like to think of dead calves :'(

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Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:09 pm
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siobhan says...



Excellent idea for a thread.

tnme - 6. I feel like it's not the best opener, it might work better later into a paragraph. It's sort of in a spoken cliche format, so I don't think it would be best to begin a novel/story in this manner.


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lyrical_sunshine says...



6.

A little bit cliche, but still interesting. :)



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“We’re still here,” he says, his voice cold, his hands shaking. “We know how to be invisible, how to play dead. But at the end of the day, we are still here.” ~Dax

Teacher: "What do we do with adjectives in Spanish?"
S: "We eat them!"
  





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Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:12 pm
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siobhan says...



Lyrical, was that at me or TNME? I noticed we posted our replies at almost the exact same time, so I'm just curious. XD

As for your opener - 9. I think it's really interesting. I would definitely read at least to the end of the page. :)
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Cotton says...



siobhan, I reckon yours is about a 7. In itself it is not the most attention-grabbing sentence, but it is one of those can that lead onto an almost infinite number of possibilities... and my mind wanders again lol.

The first thing she noticed was the cold.
  





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StolenHearts. says...



5
I see that line way too much.

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Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:07 pm
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lyrical_sunshine says...



Very pretty and lyrical, but personally I like something that grabs your attention right off the bat. Just my opinion, though. 6/10

Those pretty cocoa-colored eyes are worth roughly half my tuition.
“We’re still here,” he says, his voice cold, his hands shaking. “We know how to be invisible, how to play dead. But at the end of the day, we are still here.” ~Dax

Teacher: "What do we do with adjectives in Spanish?"
S: "We eat them!"
  





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Rosendorn says...



8.5

Very interesting and a good attention-getter, but allusions to plastic surgery make me cringe.

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lyrical_sunshine says...



Sweeet. 8, Rosey.

Haha - it's actually not an allusion to plastic surgery, but I get why you would think that.


They hate the fog.
“We’re still here,” he says, his voice cold, his hands shaking. “We know how to be invisible, how to play dead. But at the end of the day, we are still here.” ~Dax

Teacher: "What do we do with adjectives in Spanish?"
S: "We eat them!"
  





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BarrettBenedict says...



I'll give it a 7, because it at leasts makes me wonder who 'they' are, and why they share the same revulsion of air moisture. :P

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WaterVyper says...



8. It sounds good, and leads to many possibilities. Also sounds a bit strange.

The world exploded around the knife.
There once was a cat.
He wasn’t particularly fat.
Fuzzy was his favorite mat.
And really, that was that.

Oh, but did you really think so?
Keep reading, it’s just the start of the show!
And as for how far this tale will go…
Well, even the cat doesn’t know.
  





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Rosendorn says...



9.

It has so many possibilities, and it has explosions and edged weapons. My kind of line. ^_^

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Bloo says...



8

sounds cool.

Tick Tick Tick, The clock rang as the time passed.
That User Who Changed Their Name A Dozen Times And So No One Ever Knew Who They Were Half the Time and When They Did Only Used Bolt.

The tragic tale of losing all #Brand for nothing in return.

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Krupp says...



6.5/10 - The ticking could've been reduced to only one 'tick' and it probably would be better off as so...but that's just my take of course.

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