First Lines from 2023
Dec. 29th, 2023 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moemachinaI have successfully maintained my resolution to post at least one story a month to AO3 in 2023.
Once upon a time, Clarine's art teacher took her to see the statuary that decorated the royal gardens. (Contrapposto, January)
It is late afternoon in early spring, and Yui is waiting for the train. (Thank You For Riding This Train, February)
The first time Chrom fucks Frederick, they are both drunk as lords—or at least Chrom is drunk, and is a lord, and Frederick has perhaps tippled more deeply than he normally does, as a creature of such habitual austerity and restraint. (Cinnamon, Brandy, Oranges, February)
The first time Pent met his future bride, he was lying in a ditch covered in wet tendrils of meadowsweet and woundwort. (The Lotus-Eaters, March)
In Sonya's opinion, the hidden village of the sages was dreary beyond belief. (Like 'Cruel Intentions' As Told In A Game Of Telephone By A Merciful And Loving God To Saint Francis of Assisi , April)
Jeanne wears her armor proudly but clumsily. (Harnois Blanc, May)
"I think we should cut our losses," said one of the three bandits. (Enter Stage Right, June)
Clarine had spent the day killing her dolls. (Perfection, June)
“Strong tea.” (From the Funeral Pyre, Smoke Rises, July)
After the third time she found Teagan checking the makeshift barriers piled against the chantry's windows, Mother Hannah told him to go for a walk. (Gradually, Then Suddenly, August)
Celica finds Saber asleep and propped against a fallen log. (Words Unsaid, September)
The second time Nathaniel Howe met Elissa Cousland, he was in a jail cell, and she was leaning impatiently against the metal bars. (Kinderspiel, October)
Dear Mark, (A Harrowing Farrowing, November)
[redacted for Yuletide reasons]
In conclusion, I love beginning a story with something happening for the first or second time, followed by people encountering other people.
Once upon a time, Clarine's art teacher took her to see the statuary that decorated the royal gardens. (Contrapposto, January)
It is late afternoon in early spring, and Yui is waiting for the train. (Thank You For Riding This Train, February)
The first time Chrom fucks Frederick, they are both drunk as lords—or at least Chrom is drunk, and is a lord, and Frederick has perhaps tippled more deeply than he normally does, as a creature of such habitual austerity and restraint. (Cinnamon, Brandy, Oranges, February)
The first time Pent met his future bride, he was lying in a ditch covered in wet tendrils of meadowsweet and woundwort. (The Lotus-Eaters, March)
In Sonya's opinion, the hidden village of the sages was dreary beyond belief. (Like 'Cruel Intentions' As Told In A Game Of Telephone By A Merciful And Loving God To Saint Francis of Assisi , April)
Jeanne wears her armor proudly but clumsily. (Harnois Blanc, May)
"I think we should cut our losses," said one of the three bandits. (Enter Stage Right, June)
Clarine had spent the day killing her dolls. (Perfection, June)
“Strong tea.” (From the Funeral Pyre, Smoke Rises, July)
After the third time she found Teagan checking the makeshift barriers piled against the chantry's windows, Mother Hannah told him to go for a walk. (Gradually, Then Suddenly, August)
Celica finds Saber asleep and propped against a fallen log. (Words Unsaid, September)
The second time Nathaniel Howe met Elissa Cousland, he was in a jail cell, and she was leaning impatiently against the metal bars. (Kinderspiel, October)
Dear Mark, (A Harrowing Farrowing, November)
[redacted for Yuletide reasons]
In conclusion, I love beginning a story with something happening for the first or second time, followed by people encountering other people.
