First Line Meme
Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (or however many you have altogether. WIPs count). See if there are any patterns. Then, tag your favorite authors.
Taken from @cathcacen. I’ll include both fiction and non-fiction in here, and going back in time from #1. Details and thoughts under the cut.
1. The narrative for an illustration (AoH)
Having somehow figured out the way to control Wind to the point where she was no longer cutting up herself, she decided to continue with her attempt to "branch out", seeing as she could really refine her Lightning nowhere further in this academy.
2. A narrative to complement a single comic page (AoH)
"Why don't you just try out some of the other classes?"
3. A reflective piece on my beloved pets (Non-Fic)
A piece of my heart went with Otto, my family pet of twelve years, when he died late last year after surgical complications.
4. A short piece to explore a new character (RP)
She dusts off the thick slab of sandstone and inspects the line gleaming in the late-morning sun - a vein in the rock, possibly a precious metal, more probably not.
5. A piece from the perspective of my pettiest character (RP)
He’s on his way to the archives room to make sure their intelligence is updated as per Captain Haile’s orders when he strides past the other lieutenant.
6. A solemn piece with lots of action and emotion (RP)
The bells sound - not the melodic tolling that preludes a joyous occasion, but the quick, deep bangs that shake him to the core.
7. A reflection based on the movie La La Land (Non-Fic)
The movie attempts to illustrate the struggles of free-spirited artists who nevertheless fight their hardest to pursue their passion, but I don’t think it quite… gets the whole picture.
8. Back to fiction, we have the dork being serious for once (RP)
His entire body hurts when he wakes up.
9. A reminder for myself and all the researchers out there (Non-Fic)
Research is hard, and you go through a lot of disappointment because of failed experiments, unsupported arguments, insufficient references, lack of samples/resource/data, bad timing, not to mention all the politics and conflicts of interest on the human side of things.
10. Something dramatic and made me really use my imagination (RP)
This day has come finally, but at the same time it has come too soon.
11. A poetic outlet (Non-Fic)
I’m tired.
12. Backstory time (RP)
Despite what people say, Serrah still thinks of her father as a loving, caring man who wants nothing but the best for his family.
13. A PSA (Non-Fic)
Please please please please PLEASE never assume that an artist will draw for you for free.
14. Another short piece where the dork gets antsy and a bit angsty (RP)
She didn’t come home with you?
15. Some free prose in an attempt to cope with a pet’s death (Non-Fic)
In a few hours, we’ll say goodbye.
16. Personal testimony regarding mental health (Non-Fic)
Experience tells me it’s possible.
17. An attempt at overcoming an impending panic attack (Non-Fic)
So I’m going through the manuscript of the fourth chapter of my thesis and golly my supervisor’s really ripped into it hard eh.
18. A few months before my dog passed away, his best friend died (Non-Fic)
I went to visit a dog who is spending her last day in this world as I write this, thinking I could give her something before she goes.
19. Encouragement from a famous poem (Non-Fic)
Far be it for me to compare my situation to a victim of such inhumanity, but the lines of this poem has given me strength in recent times.
20. A reminder to myself to look forward to the future (Non-Fic)
The Rock-It Scientist is back in the lab.
I guess I either don’t mince words or I make it really vague with some random line with no context huh. My tone really changes between fiction and non-fiction of course, but there’s a lot of variation within the non-fiction pieces too.