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Sérac<p>Just putting my two skis in.<br>Madrisa, <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Graub%C3%BCnden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Graubünden</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> <br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Skiing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skiing</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/powder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powder</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/freeride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeride</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a></p>
Trevor Burrows<p>"There was something about the coast town of Dunnet which made it seem more attractive than other maritime villages of eastern Maine."</p><p>First line from Sarah Orne Jewett's *The Country of the Pointed Firs*, which I started this morning. This will be the running thread.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ReadingNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingNotes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SaraOrneJewett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaraOrneJewett</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TheCountryOfThePointedFirs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCountryOfThePointedFirs</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a></p>
Patrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦<p>How's this for an opener?</p><blockquote><p>The starship's official name, as recorded in the <em>Journal of Human Endeavour</em>, was <em>Les étoiles qui scintillent si magnifiquement en septembre seront néanmoins éteintes dés le fin de décembre</em>, but most people aboard just called it <em>The Ship</em>.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
Sue Finch Photography<p>“ 15. It was a dark and stormy night …. 52Frames_technology”</p><p>I was looking for some way to add the cinematic extra credit with technology...then realized it didn't have to be new tech. This old typewriter is tech from another era, and the way books used to get their start back then. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/typewriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typewriters</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/firstline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstline</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/52Frames_technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>52Frames_technology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/antiques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiques</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mechanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechanical</span></a></p><p><a href="http://suefinch.com/15-it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night-52frames_technology/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">suefinch.com/15-it-was-a-dark-</span><span class="invisible">and-stormy-night-52frames_technology/</span></a></p>
Mark McElroy<p>I love the first line of _FIxed_, the novel I'm working on now:</p><p>“On the day Regina Doyle came back from the dead, Dane Blunt came back to Mississippi.”</p><p>Quick! Share the <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a> from your current novel!</p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Novel</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Novelist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Novelist</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/FirstLineFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLineFriday</span></a></p>
Journey Sloane<p>Playing around with an idea for that "open all night" horror call and this is the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a> </p><p>"Ever had a ghost grope your balls because you weren’t paying attention to where you were walking and wandered into the romance section?"</p><p>I have a feeling it's not going to want to be a <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> story lmao. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Jeff, destroyer of whorls<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@karawynn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>karawynn</span></a></span> Really nice 1st line.</p><p>Here's mine: </p><p>'Caollyn rode at the front of the caravan, she and her animal picking their way carefully through an ancient forest that had died centuries before she'd been born.'</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wipWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wipWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a></p>
Abra Staffin-Wiebe<p>As it turns out, the difference between a pinch of ground-up lizard scales and a pinch of ground-up DRAGON scales is the difference between something that eats flies in your house and something that flies away with your house. </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/firstline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstline</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/vss365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vss365</span></a>(difference) <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a></p>
Francisca Staines<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/firstline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstline</span></a></p><p>Mama’s stories were long and meandering, shaped like the snakes that live in trees and eat birds whole. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/kidlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kidlit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/middlegrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>middlegrade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Brooks Benjamin<p>Figured I’d share the first line of my YA work-in-progress because I actually do sort of love it a lot. 😊</p><p>I honestly can’t say what I’m more attracted to—watching Kiki Kapoor trying to pick the lock to our band director’s office door or knowing that if she fails it means I’ll never have to hear Chapman Torres utter the phrase “fingering my bass” ever again.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/firstline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstline</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/firstlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstlines</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ya</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/lotstounpackthere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lotstounpackthere</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/battleofthebandgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battleofthebandgeeks</span></a></p>
Lizbon<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@ajsuper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ajsuper</span></a></span> “The diary was written on leaves — large, soft leaves that never seemed to dry out.” <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FirstNovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNovel</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a></p>
Linnea Schiff<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@ajsuper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ajsuper</span></a></span> my NaNo WIP <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/firstline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstline</span></a>: </p><p>She floats. </p><p>Very short and to the point haha.</p>
AJ Super<p>I used to host this hashtag game, Fri1st... And it was all about posting a <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FirstLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLine</span></a> . So, while I don't want to revive the whole hashtag game thing on this platform, in the name of <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/nanowrimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanowrimo</span></a>, I would love to read the first lines of your most recent <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIP</span></a>. So, reply with your lines and get some love!</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/nano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nano</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WriterLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WriterLife</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AuthorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorLife</span></a></p>
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