First Lines of Works in Progress

[abracanabra]

In Progress, Writing

They thought they could come and conquer our world easily. - Kept in Coral

With great reverence, Leander committed the greatest blasphemy of his life. - Tree of Life

In Progress, Editing

When Albin's nursemaid woke him in the dead of night, he knew something even worse than the death of his father had happened. - The Unkindness of Ravens

Clara ought to be home by now, an' my daughter. - And the Dog Died

"Just go, Will," Isabel said, turning her head to look out the window as if he were already gone. - Writ in Snowflakes and Sunshine

Having the king of Achromia's confidence was a heady sensation, but Bertrand had only to think of some of the tasks he'd been assigned to feel his feet become firmly grounded once more. - Pneumatic Knights

The old woman found the naked boy curled up in a semi-truck tire on the beach. - The Old Woman By The Sea

"What a huge, marvelous fish!" John's wife exclaimed. - Out of Focus

Night mist swirled around Valinda's boots as she walked through the empty street. - Vicesteed

Comments

[mapache]

For some reason, the two Writing ones sound to me like almost-complete nanofiction, while the Editing ones sound more like first lines of stories, though the former hook me more. The opener for Tree of Life really grabs me, as it makes it sound like precisely the sort of magical-awesome throwaway universe-building story that I love.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

Ha! Half right. Kept in Coral will be either nano- or flash fiction. Tree of Life, on the other hand, started out a short story and then announced its intention of being a novel despite my best efforts. I sulked and then gave in to it.