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Two more days until Day 100! Where have all the days gone?
Another opening line prompt for you today, again something sourced in my own work. One of the UNSETC Files books ends with a phone call–and sparks a whole new story in and of itself.
See what you can do with this opening line.
Prompt Type: Opening Line
Prompt: “I have news about your brother.”
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
So I totally just saw the new Captain America movie, which everyone should see.
This having been said, I owe everyone a prompt.
Prompt Type: Opening Line
Prompt: “This hunk of junk isn’t going to get us anywhere we need to go.”
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
It’s Wednesday! Halfway to the end of the work week.
It’s also day two of CampNaNoWriMo. Maybe I’ll actually get my Awakenings-themed project rolling today. In honor of that project, I give you the opening line below to play with–the near-iconic line that was the genesis for the original Awakenings.
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: “Take a breath and wait to die.”
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Happy Wednesday, folks! Halfway to the end of the working week and I don’t know about you, but I’m happy it’s finally here.
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: “That hell is over. A new one’s just beginning. Brace yourself.”
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Yay for weekends! Mine will probably be spent reading a friend’s manuscript, working on my own, and watching Frozen and Thor 2.
Here’s a prompt to keep you busy while I’m doing all of that.
Prompt Type: Opening Line
Prompt: “At some point, you just get fed up,” he growled. “I’m there and now they’ve got to pay.”
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Hello folks! Hopefully, no one imbibed too much last night and has to stumble into work this morning.
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: “It’s not a game,” she rasped, her voice weak and hoarse, as if she’d been screaming too loud for too long. “It was never a game.”
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
So they’ve predicted something like 10 inches of snow to fall where I’m at and I still somehow have to make it to the office. Hopefully, you’re safe and snug someplace and don’t have to go anywhere–all cozy with a prompt to keep you busy!
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: The ice wastes are the most inhospitable habitat in the world, but somehow the tribes living there had done more than just cling to life there–they had thrived and now they had returned to the southlands to reclaim what had once been theirs.
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.