Friday Five First Sentences — 10/21/05

• You never forget the first time you were fired; for Nora it had been an agonizingly long five minutes since her first time.
• That was when Lynn realized she had become the crazy old spinster who talks to her army of cats.
• One hundred years had passed and yet the Camerons were still goody-goodies in Angeni’s eyes; she’d have to do something about that this time.
• Jill rolled back in her chair and glared at Jim across the cube-aisle.
• The first rule of ghost hunting is never split up.

tags: Friday Five 1rst Sentences, writing

5 comments

1. on October 21, 2005 at 10:07 am

   Tamara said:

   Love the ghost hunting one! These are all good. You’re gearing up for NaNo, I can tell!

2. on October 21, 2005 at 10:14 am

   n. mallory said:

   The ghost hunting one, I must admit, was inspired by the stupidity of the characters in this week’s Supernatural who were chasing a shapeshifter and split up.

   Oh, and I realized last night that I am in dire danger of becoming the crazy old spinster cat lady.

3. on October 21, 2005 at 10:17 am

   Tamara said:

   I’m not watching Supernatural, but maybe I should — that’s what I keep hearing, anyway. We can barely keep up with our few shows as it is!

   I’ll try to post some sentences later…

4. on October 22, 2005 at 7:23 pm

   PaulaO said:

   So what is First Line Friday?

5. on October 22, 2005 at 7:38 pm

   n. mallory said:

   Every Friday I try to write 5 first sentences for potential stories. I got the idea from a writing exercise book that said that the first sentence is essential for drawing the reader in. I’m not always very good at it, but I’m trying to keep it up to get back into regular writing.

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