Meme

Jun. 11th, 2019 06:45 pm
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[personal profile] meridian_rose
Meme I saw at the journals of [personal profile] chase_acow and [personal profile] singedsun
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.


1 Prince Constantine sat on the throne, his expression sullen, his posture slovenly in a way that irritated his father. Once Upon A Dream

2 Nolan let his hand slide down beneath the covers. Always a Nolan and Emily

3 "Bridget!" Albert staggered onwards, the sun blazing above him. In Need of Rescue

4 The admiral strode onto the deck where the men were fighting with swords and fists, and smoke from the earlier cannon fire and muskets still filled the air. A Historical Tale

5 "No," Lucrezia said. At Her Mercy

6 "I'm home! And please, pour me a drink," Billy said, throwing his coat across a chair before he slammed the door. Immoral and Impure

7 "Dr Ogden. May I have a word?" What The Future May Bring

8 "Having traffic with thy self alone," Kit mused. Traffic With Thy Self Alone


9 "Must be Thursday," Bobo said with a sigh, poring over the textbook.title

10 There were many, many, ways to die in the West, some more wild than others. Emptyin' the Saloon



Might be slightly odd bunch because several of these are things I wrote for Merry Month of Masturbation and they're usually much shorter than other fics. I'm not sure I usually begin with dialogue but maybe I do more often than I think. There's one original work in there (4), a trope bingo fill, and a H/C bingo fill.
I discovered 2 comments I hadn't answered on the Will fic but otherwise no new comments. *sigh* These memes always show me how few comments things get these days.

Date: 2019-06-19 01:53 pm (UTC)
tinny: Jake Peralta from Brooklyn Nine-Nine misquoting "eyes closed, head first, can't lose" (b99_jake eyesclosed headfirst)
From: [personal profile] tinny
Well. Fanfic cuts away a lot of exposition. Mentioning the name of the character is definitely enough to get people into the story. Also, fanfic is often visceral and emotional and just pulling your reader along as fast as possible is a main characteristic of shorter fiction.

And... to be honest, I don't see why novels shouldn't be the same? At least if you are writing an action-packed plot where throwing the reader into medias res is indicative of how the rest of the book is going to be. You can explain the rest later. (I love that, both as a reader and a writer.)

Of course, if you are writing something more sedate, I guess starting sedately, with exposition, makes more sense.

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