[Edit: Apologies that this didn’t post! I set it to auto-post and was a bit busy today, too busy to see it actually had not posted. But dangit, it’s still Friday so I’m getting in under the wire.]
Last week’s challenge is relevant here: The Return of the Opening Line Contest.
Your job this week is simple in concept, daunting in choice.
Clink that link. Then —
You need to go through the entries — er, all 400-500 of them — and find an opening line you like.
Then you will take that opening line and use that as the opening line of this week’s story.
(You may not choose your own.)
You’ve got the usual 1000 words.
Due by 4/25, noon EST.
Post the story with the chosen opening line at your blog or online space. Then drop a link in the comments here so we can track back and read the story.
That’s it. Grab a line and get to writing!
(I’ll be picking my top three favorites sometime in the next week.)
178 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Pick An Opening Line And Go”
I took the line “I knew I was in trouble when my fingers started smoking.” And ended up with…Something I really enjoyed writing.
http://contrastsolution.blogspot.com/2014/04/friday-fiction-day-early.html
Fun story, and about as different as you could get from where I took that line!
Funny–I took the same line as Dana–“I knew I was in trouble when my fingers started smoking.”
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2014/04/flash-fiction-friday-v-is-for-victory.html
Really liked this story. Well told and builds to a climax with a sad but appropriate ending.
Nice! Yeah, I like how we took it so differently. For your character it was much more internal…I just like super-heroes. XP
I used the line “Nobody suspects the girl who smiles.” My opener was written by Allsnjill. I picked about 30 openers that I really liked and let my wife pick the opener that I would use. I suspect she thought of herself when reading this evocative opener, and that’s why she chose it. That said, this story is not at all about my wife.
You can find my story here: http://bigandtalltales.net/wordpress/nobody-suspects-the-girl-who-smiles/
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I went with Stephen Seibert’s opening line. The 1000 word limit killed me, but I’m pretty happy with the story. It’s here: http://melissaclarewright.com/
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I used MelissaClare’s opening line of “He’d haunted her for three years, and she still hadn’t noticed.” It came in a touch long and I ran out of time to edit & polish further, but I still liked how it turned out.
http://pauljwillett.com/2014/04/24/flash-fiction-haunting/
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Right on time.
http://andrewhilmer.com/2014/04/25/flash-fiction-for-terrible-minds-ideas-we-breathe/
Oh. I really enjoyed that one. it’s refreshing point of view that you wrote from. It made it all the more interesting.
I certainly do tend to pick the spectral, not-quite-there POV.
http://www.luckybubblegum.com/2014/04/kill-peter-pan.html
I picked There’s something to be said for helmets.
The opening line was by Laith Shriam – thank you for sharing.
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Using “it was that strange kind of dark outside.”
http://frommywriteside.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/bad-moon-rising/
That was scary and chilling.
Nice premise with the visual prompt. It seems obvious in hindsight, but you take it further in the story and it’s a great enhancement.
Thanks. That was the effect I was hoping for.
Nice premise with the visual prompt. It seems obvious in hindsight, but you take it further in the story and it’s a great enhancement.
Thank you!
Did he ever announce favorites? “(I’ll be picking my top three favorites sometime in the next week.)”
I have not seen an announcement yet.
Ahem:
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2014/04/22/opening-line-challenge-faves-winners/
My bad. I knew you had posted line winners. For some reason (probably misreading or reading too quickly) I thought you were judging the *stories*, too.
Yeah, in the context of this post, that’s what it seems. Thanks!
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