#firstsentence

[maraudereestauderelb]

some of you already know (because I never shut up about it) - I’m writing a novel. I’m 300+ pages in, and honestly, dying for any kind of feedback at this point 😭

so, since I consider most of you my friends (or at least my emotional support mutuals), here’s the first sentence. because let’s be real - if this doesn’t hook you, what’s even the point?

My hands were shaking as I hovered over the mouse — was it nerves, or something else? I laughed at myself and clicked “Send” anyway.

do we like it?? hate it?? feel mild curiosity?? help a girl out pls 💀

[firstsentence]

"That is a fair Lord and a great captain of men," said Legolas. 🍵

[emilyreadsjane]

This is where the dragons went. They lie... Not dead, not asleep. Not waiting, because waiting implies expectation. Possibly the word we're looking for is... dormant.

Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett

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"'Now Sauron knows all this, and he knows that this precious thing which he lost has been found again; but he does not yet know where it is, or so we hope.'" 🍵

[firstsentence]

"And then he'd been sent to Ankh, and there, in bare, severe rooms, he'd found there were books other than the heavy brass-bound Monster Fun Book." 🍵

[firstsentence]

"'There is no need to come yet, if you need want to,' said Frodo." 🍵

[firstsentence]

"Then Aragorn took the stone and pinned the brooch upon his breast, and those who saw him wondered; for they had not marked before how tall and kingly he stood, and it seemed to them that many years of toil had fallen from his shoulders." 🍵

[firstsentence]

"And there below me was the thing my friends had told me about: water as far as I could see or farther." 🍵