Posted By Scath on February 9, 2009

As a co-host to Writing Workshop, the brainchild of JC, I’ve been posting some starter sentences on an irregular basis. Here they are; feel free to use them if you like.

• All I wanted was a cup of coffee. (This one resulted in a 35k + story for me, which is the beginning of a new series)
• Bound and blind-folded, she attempted in vain to convince herself it was a cruel prank.
• All good fairytales start with ‘once upon a time’ and end with ‘they lived happily ever after’; well, folks, this ain’t Disney.
• The comic books have it all wrong.
• The ‘tick-tick’ of toenails was coming closer.
• I strained to hear something – anything – over the pounding of my heart.
• Waiting in the dark can be fun.
• He moved the way I imagined a proddy gunslinger would.
• It was always a possibility.
• Little did he know what the next day would bring.
• “Well, if that’s how you really feel about it.”
• All she received in response was a slow blink.
• “I don’t know what that was, but it definitely wasn’t what I’d call fun.”
• “You’re preaching to someone who’s eaten a choir or two in his time.”
• There was supposed to be a full moon tonight, so it shouldn’t be this dark.
• I stared out the window, unable to bring myself to look at him.
• Dancing warmly through the verdant greenery, the breeze carried with it the scent of freshly baked apple pie.
• Every move hinted at a brutal power restrained as he crossed to the bar, gesturing for a beer, and a chill of fascinated revulsion crept down her spine as their eyes met.
• This wasn’t anything I’d planned.

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