Friday Five First Sentences

It’s that time again.

1. She had waited so long her fingers fingers were numb.
2. The drip-drip-dripping in the otherwise peaceful afternoon was slowly driving Dale mad.
3. It had been terribly long since Shelly had been tired of rain, but now after 30 days, 13 hours and 22 minutes, she was tired of rain again.
4. The secret was out and Tess loved a good secret.
5. Spider had picked up knitting in prison, or so he had said.

Now it’s your turn.

tags: Friday Five 1rst Sentences, writing, fiction

2 comments

1. on October 24, 2006 at 12:55 pm

   Jane said:

   He was perfect except for that one thing that she hadn’t told anyone else about yet.

   There was something caught in the bottom drawer - it was red with some white writing.

   He had forgotten to log out of his account and had left for the day.

   The tangerine glow of the fire ignited his beard, a sherbet cotton candy cone.

   The last of the crop, stubble across the field, my God, I need to shave my legs before he comes!

2. on October 24, 2006 at 12:58 pm

   Jane said:

   I liked your number 3 - we’ve had endless rain here.

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