the first line of yer novel

The present is a foreign country, we do things differently here.

He thought his dream had ended abruptly but it was in fact still the same dream and there had simply been what film makers call a smash cut which was a bit surprising after so many L cuts, match cuts, cutaways, and even some spliced-in 35mm footage.

i made the momentous decision to begin billing for the inspiration i had previously freely dispensed,
and that made all the difference...

@ponderable said
The classic Snoopy:

It was a dark and rainy night.

it was a dark and stormy night,
suddenly, a shot rang out!

I used the holographic dashboard to steer my shuttle craft into a tight parking space between a space freighter and a single-engined orbital portaloo.

I had, up until that point, been in denial about being from Generation Y but trapped in a Generation X body, and it had taken two Boomers, three Generation Zs, and a Christmas dinner to give me more clarity.

The moment I saw him for the first time, I knew he was the one - a quite ordinary man but so perfect for my plans and without him sensing it, his life was about to change for ever.

I knew for sure that I would not be killed in the foreseeable future because my agent had negotiated an an ironclad contract for three more series.

@ponderable said
The classic Snoopy:

It was a dark and rainy night.

You've stolen my humor!
I was definitely "going there" your Ponderifcness.

Ok, so how about:

The fragrance of lemon barely disguised the stink of pesticide, but I ventured a visit to her weekly-rented trailer.

This book one hundred fifty page no verb, no adjective, no plural. Very difficulty. The hope that you enjoyment it for cleverness.

only seconds before he was about to hit the wall he saw the rescue.

@ponderable said
only seconds before he was about to hit the wall he saw the rescue.

So you all have given us lines of what will be in your prose competition or is this just to throw everyone off of what you will all be writing about. Yes pondy I know you are not going to be writing, but all the others or most of them will be!

-VR

@very-rusty said
So you all have given us lines of what will be in your prose competition or is this just to throw everyone off of what you will all be writing about. Yes pondy I know you are not going to be writing, but all the others or most of them will be!

-VR

This thread has nothing to do with the Prose competition.

@torunn said
This thread has nothing to do with the Prose competition.

He doesn't comprehend joke threads.