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Here is the beginning, middle, and end to Earth Song. And yes, the end is a cliffhanger. Let me know what you think...?Beginning :
I could die if I am caught here; die on my own land.
Middle:
I close my eyes and see that I am surrounded by archers on all sides. If I do not move I will die.
It is not long enough for me to find my horse, but it is long enough for me to save my own life.
End:
It is time for our generation to stand; time for the magic to return and the tyranny to end. It is now or never.
26 comments:
See now I just want to it to be now, not never because I want to know how your MC saves their life, not once but twice! Love it!
She has to save her life multitude times. Kinda happens when you have a big red X on your back :)
Kind of creepy how the paragraphs all coincide with each other on yours! I vote you win!
Ooh, I *love* this! Very, very intriguing with a powerful and hopeful end. Great job!
Wow! Yours all kind of make sense. I guess that's a sign of a cohesive novel, huh? Great stuff!
Woo hoo! Fun stuff! I know, each part coincides with the others. Pretty cool. :)
Someone was listening in the 'hook your readers with the first line' class :-) Very nice!
What a cool idea for a blogfest. Love your lines. Lots of action in this one, no doubt. :)
hmmm I may have to give this 'Blogfest' a go
Neat post, cool blogfest :)
Nice teaser. I'm totally intrigued. And you can host your own blogfest!
August is the month for blogfests it would seem. September looks really busy too.
Thanks guys! It would seem like the blogfests are abounding right now, and they are all so fun. You guys should totally join, for the love of the story :)
I love it! It sounds very intriguing! :) You should totally host your own blogfest. That would be awesome!
Nice. I'd read more.
Oooh, intriguing! I especially love the end. Very cool. I want to do this so bad but I'm not quite finished yet. *sigh*
Blog fests are so fun though - aren't they!
What a great idea and an excellent delivery! This grabbed me at the start, beautiful writing!
sorry about that. I never got a chance to submit. With the power out change of school schedule and working on generators and stuff I never had time. Hope it went well.
those are some great lines!
Oh, my gosh. I LOVE IT! Like really love it.
I want more!
Wow, your lines are really arresting. I love that even with only these little glimpses, I get such a sense of the plot and the stakes. It makes me feel like your story is well-focused and action-packed.
I liked the middle and end part.
Ahhh!!!... When's your book finally gonna be out in the market?!!
oooo I like the sound of it! I write in first person present too. :)
Holy cow, those are some high stakes right there! Way to keep the tension until the end, even if it's only three paragraphs of the arc! :-)
Whoa, that is a possibly very special exercise. In my experience, writing down those parts result in one of two things: relief or panic.
It's a good exercise though, and I like yours, especially the cliffhanger part :) though I am not a big fan of cliffhangers generally.
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