Ten first lines
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extrapenguinMeme from naye via yantantether!
In chronological order:
"So,” Xiao Xingchen asked, slurring his speech slightly with drink, “what do you want to do, later?”
– The Family We Find
Song Lan left Yi City with more than he had arrived with.
– Lifespring
The vast machinery behind the throne room's main doors clunked into action.
– This subject's greatest pleasure
You are a kind and merciful god.
– Ten Thousand Tears
Zhao Yunlan was not blind, but the time during which he had been had left him even more attuned to Shen Wei's emotions and body language, so he knew exactly how dejected Shen Wei was while he was giving the Damned Cat a proper motivational speech and his collar as Kunlun.
– Within, Without
Zhao Yunlan lounged on his bed in thought.
– A Very Willing Envoy
Csoru Drazharan's first full day as Empress of the Elflands was spent in a haze of smugness.
– From the Depths
Well over ten thousand years ago, a race of aliens had come to Haixing.
– Under Rusted Skies
Zhao Yunlan had for some reason received an invitation to the annual scientific charity gala – a fundraiser for basic research – so of course he took it up.
– Marked Man
"From antiquity to the present, since the beginning of mankind, has anyone heard the sound of fate or seen such a thing as fate? No, no one has." –Zhuangzi
– From Ashes of Sunlight
...in general, considering my recent propensity to mimic 1800s novelists in my love of semicolons and tl;dr sentences, these are remarkably concise! I tend to start with some setting-setting and my protagonist's name. For Under Rusted Skies, I sort of wanted the fic to mimic the canon in arc, so I started it with a canon-reminiscient infodump that let me slip in that this is the future now. For From Ashes of Sunlight, the actual first line of the fic (“Why?” Lan Wangji snapped.) didn't fit the fic at all, so did a cop-out and pasted in a Zhuangzi quote instead that'd warn people that nothing is fated, not even their OTP. *g* My favorite of the bunch is Ten Thousand Tears, though, with This subject's greatest pleasure as runner-up. They work, they are very fitting for the rest of the fic, and they have at least a modicum of elegance.
/goes back to making icons; 4/10 done for Icon Battle round 3, time to go back to iconing episode 8
naye via yantantether!Rules: list the first lines of your last 10 published stories. See if there are any patterns yourself, or have other people say what they notice.
In chronological order:
"So,” Xiao Xingchen asked, slurring his speech slightly with drink, “what do you want to do, later?”
– The Family We Find
Song Lan left Yi City with more than he had arrived with.
– Lifespring
The vast machinery behind the throne room's main doors clunked into action.
– This subject's greatest pleasure
You are a kind and merciful god.
– Ten Thousand Tears
Zhao Yunlan was not blind, but the time during which he had been had left him even more attuned to Shen Wei's emotions and body language, so he knew exactly how dejected Shen Wei was while he was giving the Damned Cat a proper motivational speech and his collar as Kunlun.
– Within, Without
Zhao Yunlan lounged on his bed in thought.
– A Very Willing Envoy
Csoru Drazharan's first full day as Empress of the Elflands was spent in a haze of smugness.
– From the Depths
Well over ten thousand years ago, a race of aliens had come to Haixing.
– Under Rusted Skies
Zhao Yunlan had for some reason received an invitation to the annual scientific charity gala – a fundraiser for basic research – so of course he took it up.
– Marked Man
"From antiquity to the present, since the beginning of mankind, has anyone heard the sound of fate or seen such a thing as fate? No, no one has." –Zhuangzi
– From Ashes of Sunlight
...in general, considering my recent propensity to mimic 1800s novelists in my love of semicolons and tl;dr sentences, these are remarkably concise! I tend to start with some setting-setting and my protagonist's name. For Under Rusted Skies, I sort of wanted the fic to mimic the canon in arc, so I started it with a canon-reminiscient infodump that let me slip in that this is the future now. For From Ashes of Sunlight, the actual first line of the fic (“Why?” Lan Wangji snapped.) didn't fit the fic at all, so did a cop-out and pasted in a Zhuangzi quote instead that'd warn people that nothing is fated, not even their OTP. *g* My favorite of the bunch is Ten Thousand Tears, though, with This subject's greatest pleasure as runner-up. They work, they are very fitting for the rest of the fic, and they have at least a modicum of elegance.
/goes back to making icons; 4/10 done for Icon Battle round 3, time to go back to iconing episode 8
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Date: 2019-06-10 09:38 (UTC)Hee! My tentacle porn seems to have a very popular opening line. :P