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Top Comments of this video!! :3
"When I say "Anyone can be a hero", it's not inspirational, it's a warning."
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One trick I discovered is to look at your first draft and imagine that each line could be the first line. Once you know where the story is going, sometimes the perfect first line will jump out at you after the fact. You might not have given it any thought at the time.
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âLook, I didnât want to be a half-bloodâ
Ahh so many childhood memories
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I'm still in love with:
"Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
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Margret Atwood about red riding hood:
"it was dark inside the wolf."
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"A curious thing happened on the way to hell." (The first line of my current manuscript.)
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"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." ("Voyage fo the Dawn Treader" by C.S.Lewis) Absolutely love this one!
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âWhen they threw him off the tower, I almost didnât flinch.â
What do you think?
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I think I have three favorite first lines as of now (all from short stories)
âRobin distinctly remembered not being handcuffed to the wall when he went to bed last night.â
âIf only it wasnât five-thousand light years away, maybe it would be easy.â
âEvery year since he was eight, Larry had heard the story of his late great grandfather Darius and the treehouse that saved his life.â
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"There were dragons when I was a boy." - Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon
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I'm a newbie to writing and I'm drowning in unorganized, hyper-sensationalized information at the moment. I'm super appreciative of your well-crafted, organized video on this topic. I actually took notes. I'll definitely be diving into the rest of your videos. thanks!
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"I was a good person, I swear."
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"Peter's ribs snapped with a sickening CRACK."
"Peter had mixed feelings about vomiting."
"Lila knew she had been dead for too long."
These three opening lines have to be the best ones I've written
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"It had never occurred to me what a spectacle they'd make of her body. "
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My first line:
The house didn't want me inside it, that much was obvious.
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âI donât know how long Iâve been in this mile long library, but I certainly know how many books I have readâ
Yee haw here you go
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One of my absolutely favorite first lines ever is from a poem, or book of poems specifically:
âI have my mother's mouth and my father's eyes; on my face they are still togetherâ
- Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth by Warsan Shire
I read that and it completely and utterly drew me in. Every time I read it, it makes me excited with how good it is. How much it tells and how poetic it sounds. Really, beautiful imagery.
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âAn old book in new hands is something to truly fear, because itâs like pairing the past with the future,itâs only weakness is the short gap in between, the present.â
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âHe was fully clothed, that's what stood out for me.â
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@QuotidianWriter
3 years ago
Hi there, viewers! You can read an adapted text version of this video on Medium. medium.com/@quotidianwriter/how-to-write-a-good-fiâŚ
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