7/10 Though it has room for improvement, it is a strong start. Just a little nipick: why do we need to know it was half past eight? Why not just say eight? That read a little clunky to me. But it is still a solid start to your story and I think it works.
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I watched the Upsiders burn.
You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in: I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks! -Walter White
7/10 - This has me asking questions -- who or what are the Upsiders? Why are they burning? Why is the narrator watching them? -- but when it comes down to it, while it's a good sentence, you have to support it with the next couple of paragraphs. Not perfect, but good.
--- Sir Lord Bastian,
I am afraid I must decline your offer of lodging in the summer months due to the unexpected death of my uncle.
8/10 Very well put together, nicely flowing. It just seems right. The problem I have is the draw for me to read the book isn't as strong as the last one, not until I really start thinking. (I'm doing a revised version of the previous post, as this is a thing that I'm writing and really hope to nail, even though it's for practice. It's in third-person now because I haven't figured out which would make more sense to use.)
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Noah had seen the Upsiders burn.
You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in: I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks! -Walter White
8.5. A bit The Little Prince, don't you think? It does capture your attention, but not as much as it might, although i'd need more context to call that.
I was falling head over heels, my destination unknown, but I was not scared. I never was.
(I know it's more then a sentence. Let's call it a phrase, shall we? A beginning phrase)
"My Imagination Scares Me, but don't let it scare you." - Me
Spoiler! :
We all die
Spoiler! :
why would you look at a spoiler? You want to know a secret? Pry one from your friend or become a paparazzi
Honestly, it's just too much in one sentence for me. You have three ideas in a single sentence and this is supposed to be a hook. It's just too much for me to process at once.
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I don't trust people without demons.
A writer is a world trapped in a person— Victor Hugo
Ink is blood. Paper is bandages. The wounded press books to their heart to know they're not alone.
10/10 I like it. Just like that, we have a huge clue to what the character/narrator is like, and of course it's just an interesting statement. I love interesting statements.
7/10. It's a interesting subject, and offers an interesting look at the introspective nature of the character. However, it sounds far too much like it's going to go off into a philosophical ramble, so it would kind of depend on what comes next.
Sophia's hands shook as she held the sword aloft, her uncertain stance betraying her incompetence to her "prisoner."
We're all stories in the end.
I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff. -EternalRain
I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS. -bluewaterlily
5/10. There's too much going on with the description, and it feels like an inner paragraph sentence was plucked to the beginning to create the in medias res. The "prisoner" in quotation marks serves to make the audience ask questions, but also feels kind of cheap in this presumably swords-and-sorcery setting.
7/10 Feel like it could have been better. It's alright, I mean we wonder who this stranger is, but I feel like it could be better. It has much potential, haha.
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"Are you sure you want to die?"
[Insert hilarious signature here] Now this is the part where you laugh hysterically.
Ehhh I'm torn between a super high rating (8-9) and a very low rating (2-3). This line interests me, but it's relying almost completely on shock value to get my attention and it could unravel very fast.
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I stuff art in my underwear drawer just to keep it somewhere I remember to check back.
A writer is a world trapped in a person— Victor Hugo
Ink is blood. Paper is bandages. The wounded press books to their heart to know they're not alone.
6/10 The phrasing is a little awkward for me, and while the visual is amusing, I would like to know whether or not the person did the art they keep there.
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Certain death never tasted so good.
We're all stories in the end.
I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff. -EternalRain
I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS. -bluewaterlily
7/10. It's catchy, it's dramatic -- but it's also a bit melodramatic, and I'm less inclined to read a story with a melodramatic voice/protagonist. It sounds like a line plucked out of the Bond series or something, honestly.
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On days when I don't write, the snow tastes like freedom.
5/10 Perhaps I need some context for this one, but I didn't really like it. There wasn't anything wrong with it, other than the fact that it seems like a complete thought. Not a beginning one to a much larger story.
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When I was eight-years old I was told I would save the world, so I shot myself.
You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in: I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks! -Walter White
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